Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:48:40 12/12/01
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On December 12, 2001 at 11:44:52, Pete Melissakis wrote:
>On December 11, 2001 at 23:45:28, Russell Reagan wrote:
>
>>Which expert would be the best chess program author?
>>
>>Chess expert (master level, not the "Expert" classification of USCF)
>>Programming expert
>>Game theory expert
>>Computer hardware expert
>>
>>I'm sure there are more fields where experts would be qualified to write a
>>strong chess program, but these seemed to be the best candidates that I could
>>think of at the moment. Feel free to add another field of study to this list.
>
>An easy question to answer -
>The expertise of the author of Crafty
>
>Seriously though, an intelligent programmer
>would aquire needed skills during the
>implementation and testing of the program.
>Therefore programming expertise is probably the
>most important.
>
>On the other hand, not long ago, it was easier to
>teach an engineer to program than to teach a programmer
>the engineering skills required to solve certain problems.
>Therefore chess expertise is probably the most important.
>
>Looks like the best answer is to examine the qualifications
>of the successful chess program authors.
>
>Pete
You are going to be disappointed! :)
Christophe
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