Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:48:15 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 14:16:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>On November 16, 2001 at 13:56:14, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>Agreed: having the strongest chess program for the PC will lend MS significant
>>prestige.
>>
>>Anybody think they have a chance at accomplishing this without buying out Tiger
>>or another of the current top engines?
>
>I believe that it is only a question of money.
>
>It is maybe not something that one programmer can do in a year(I am even not
>sure about it because maybe someone who has the right idea can do it) but if
>they hire 100 good programmers to work together then they may succeed in doing
>something clearly better than the programs of today.
>
>Every programmer should get a specific task in order to finish the program in
>few months and after doing it they can use a lot of computer time to test
>changes in the program by using many computers at the same time.
>
>Uri
That's the theory. In practice, putting a lot of people on a task like this is
extremely inefficient.
That's one of the main problem in software engineering. What one programmer
alone will do in one month, two programmers will do in one month. It's a common
joke, but it is close to the truth.
Christophe
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