Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 08:24:34 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 10:06:38, Bas Hamstra wrote: >On April 25, 2000 at 08:16:11, Jerry Adams wrote: > >> >> I'm assuming that since there are only a dozen programs currently rated over >>2400+ that it must be extremely difficult to program a IM/GM level program. >>Does this effort require Above Average ability in programming? If so Why is it >>so difficult? Is it just as difficult to becomne a 2400+ programmer as it is to >>become a Grandmaster? These Questions are asked out of curiosity. I think one >>tends to appreciate these super programms more when you understand the work >>which is behind it. > >To make a 2150 program is a piece of cake. But to make it progress to 2350 is >years of hard work. I think there is hardly any PC top program with less >development history in it then at least 5 years. That's probably true. However, today it has become far easier to write a strong program as ten years ago. 1. Hardware works for you, making even beginners' programs fast and thus very strong. 2. Big parts of the know how to write a strong program have been published eventually, 1stly thru communications, journals and fora (in particular the current one) and secondly thru source releases of strong programs (mainly crafty). I am convinced that people like Richard Lang, Ed, Frans, ... had to spend far more "research times" than authors of more recent programs to get their programs reasonably strong . Uli > >Regards, >Bas Hamstra.
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