Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:47:27 03/30/00
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On March 30, 2000 at 10:41:29, James Robertson wrote:
>On March 30, 2000 at 01:31:34, Christophe Theron wrote:
(snip)
>>That's IMO the ultimate difference between good amateur and good commercial
>>programs. Is it an offense to amateur programmers to say so?
>
>To say what you just said, no, not offensive at all. I think it is true that
>commercial programs are better, and that they often win on small
>insignificant-seeming details. But to say that amateur programs lose 9.5 to .5
>because they can't mate KQ vs. K is not exactly realistic. IMHO.
I did not say that amateur programs lose 9.5 to 0.5 to commercial programs. I
just told a story of what can happen, and that actually happened to me.
Why am I arguing with you? I'm sure you understand what I mean.
Forget that I am a "commercial". I feel like an amateur inside.
Christophe
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