Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:19:44 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 20:12:06, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On December 20, 2001 at 18:30:51, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>Right, but Shredder and Junior's authors had their good ideas when they were
>amateurs and implemented them in their amateur programs, which confirms my point
>that amateur programmers can have/implement good ideas just as well as the
>commercial programmers.
>
>-Tom
Of course. The difference is the amount of time/energy one is ready to spend.
Christophe
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