Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 08:09:49 11/05/01
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On November 05, 2001 at 05:33:51, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On November 05, 2001 at 01:30:40, Christophe Theron wrote: > >> >>I have never seen a commercial programmer behave in the way you describe. Can >>you mention one? >> >>It's not about being commercial anyway, it's about being a gentleman. >> >> >> >> Christophe > >Well, I believe a good operator should be willing to do ANYTHING (within the >rules of course) to increase the scoring expectance of the program. I do not >think it has to do with being gentleman or not. >José. Yes it does have to do with it. A "correct" competitor might do anything WITHIN THE RULES to increase the scoring expectance of himself/computer/team/whatever. A "gentleman" will do anything WITHIN THE RULES _AND_ THE SPIRIT OF THE RULES to increase the scoring expectance of himself/computer/team/whatever. I do not know anything about this case, but in many sports there are rules and also unwritten rules that everybody respect. If you abide strictly by the written rules, it is fine, but do not try to claim that you are a gentleman because of that. You need something else. "Gentlemanship" requires higher standards. Otherwise, either you are cheater or a gentleman and I do not accept that concept because there are many tones of grey in between. Regards, Miguel
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