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Subject: Re: What is short time?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:14:57 09/23/02

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On September 23, 2002 at 11:42:18, Alastair Scott wrote:

>On September 23, 2002 at 08:12:14, pavel wrote:
>
>>I think considering the fact that some of the programmers (commercials and
>>amatuers) have spend a lot of time (ussually more than 10 years), and reached a
>>stage (or not even so), that has been reached by ruffian in 4 yrs is remarkable;
>>and thus could be considered as a "short time", comparable to the development
>>phase of the other programs.
>
>Assuming the developer was working 'after hours', this probably equates to
>something like 6 to 9 man months of development, which makes the achievement
>even more remarkable.

The time machine that was used could be clearly more than 6-9 months.

I believe that programmers can achieve more
if they work 2 hours per day for 4 years relative to the case that they work 8
hours per day for one year.

Uri



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