Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:38:48 03/31/00
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On March 31, 2000 at 05:22:04, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On March 31, 2000 at 00:21:35, James Robertson wrote:
>[snip]
>>Ok, maybe I read your original post wrong. My program is obviously amateur, I've
>>put hundreds of hours of work into it, and it (I hope) plays a decent game
>>against even the best commercial engines. I was quite disturbed to read what I
>>misinterpreted as a downplaying of amateur engines efforts. :)
>
>I think it's plain that Christophe was just saying that a full time programmer
>can spend more time debugging, improving, etc. The sweat in all the details
>will give those programs an edge.
>
>I don't know the time frame for sure, but I suspect at this time last year,
>Chess Tiger was still an amateur program.
You are absolutely right. And I see absolutely no difference in the way I worked
last year and the way I'm working now. That's why I don't really feel that my
status has changed.
Christophe
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