Author: Carmelo Calzerano
Date: 11:47:48 12/10/01
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On December 10, 2001 at 12:36:41, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 10, 2001 at 12:24:07, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>That can be debated. I would not want to give that title to any programmer. Did >>you consider Dr. Bob Hyatt ? his crafty is right there with the strongest. He >>does not dedicate his time to his program, further his code by his choice not >>optimized for speed, preferring to just keep the code in a form which allows him >>to try things easily without worrying too much about secondary affects. > >I do not agree. > >If Robert decides to keep his code in a flexible form so he can >try and change things easily, then that is his decision. If that >makes his program slower, then that is a direct effect of that >design decision. > >If Frans Morsch decides to write Fritz in such a way that the only >way of adding a new eval parameter is to rewrite Fritz entirely, >but it makes the program 3x faster as any competitor, then that is >his decision. If that makes Fritz impossible to improve, then that >is a direct effect of his design decision. > >Making a design decision can never be an excuse. > >-- >GCP
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