Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 21:43:18 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 21:19:44, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 Well, based on your last two reples to my posts, you agree with me completely. So why all the noise to Scott about how commercial programs use vastly different/superior techniques than amateur programs? -Tom
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