Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 15:30:51 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 17:56:17, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >I can't think of a reason why commercial programmers would have an edge over >amateurs when coming up with good ideas/techniques. When an amateur programmer comes up with lots of good ideas/techniques, then he'll have success and go commercial eventually. I think that's how Shredder and Junior proceeded. Uli > >It's possible that, due to the amount of effort they can spend, commercial >programmers have/test more ideas, and that's what accounts for the strength >difference between commercials and amateurs. > >It seems likely, statistically speaking, that any good idea being used in a >commercial program can also be found in an amateur program somewhere. > >-Tom
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