Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 08:16:54 11/05/01
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On November 05, 2001 at 11:09:49, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >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 Ok, I will make an analogy. The concept of "gentlemanship" in competitions makes as little sense as the concept of "last name" in Spanish speaking countries. José.
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