Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:14:47 12/21/01
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On December 21, 2001 at 00:43:18, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On December 20, 2001 at 21:19:44, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On December 20, 2001 at 20:12:06, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
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>>>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
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>>Of course. The difference is the amount of time/energy one is ready to spend.
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>> 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
Because they do, and it is the result of the amount of time and energy spent on
it.
I would not even say that the techniques are vastly superior, but there are a
number of differences that end up in a significant strength difference.
Christophe
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