Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 02:30:32 12/21/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 21:17:40, Christophe Theron 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. >> >>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 Didn't you just say the opposite elsewhere in the thread? That talent was at least as important as resources (time and money => more testing etc.)?
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