Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:17:40 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.
>
>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
I agree totally with you. Yesterday I was an amateur, and I'm not different
today.
I'm no genius.
What makes the difference in the end is the amount of time one is ready to spend
on his chess engine.
I am spending 90% of my time since almost 10 years, and before that I had
already spend a fraction of my time on it since 1981/1982.
That's all.
Christophe
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