Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:53:36 08/29/01
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On August 28, 2001 at 14:02:47, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 28, 2001 at 13:41:29, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>>My program (Ferret) isn't professional, nor is Crafty. My program may be >>>professional at some point. I doubt that Crafty will be. >> >>Crafty is a professional because Robert is of the opinion it is. >> > > >As I recall, Robert didn't say that the program, Crafty, is professional, but >the the programmer, himself, is NOT an amateur chess programmer. (I think he >also indicated that he's not a 'professional" chess programmer exactly either, >and that there's an in-between category like "academic" that would best fit >him.) > > I don't believe in the concept of professional _program_ or amateur _program_. A program can't get paid, period. I am talking about the _author_. And I simply believe that I have been doing this too long to be called an "amateur" unless that is very tightly defined to say "an amateur author is someone that has never written a game program and sold it." But we have never had such a precise definition... Perhaps "hobbyist" would be a better category. I don't fit that very well as I have written papers about what I have done, I have done funded research on components of Cray Blitz (parallel search, etc). But the term "amateur" is too imprecise and ought to be dropped... Otherwise we get into the "quest can't be bought, it is amateur" nonsense. Or "XXXXXXX can be bought on a CD even if the author doesn't get a dime, so it is professional." Neither of those leaves me with a warm, fuzzy feeling about the definition. > >>Someone alerted me on CSS that you were of the same opinion, but >>if that is incorrect, then you are the 2001 Amateur World Champion. >> >>>Also, IsiChess has been sold. I know this to be true because I bought it. >> >>Then it falls under the pro's. >> >>-- >>GCP
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