Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 04:33:17 01/05/03
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On January 05, 2003 at 07:18:00, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On January 05, 2003 at 06:56:24, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On January 05, 2003 at 06:50:22, Dave Gomboc wrote: >> >>>Nonsense. It's important to know what has been done before, so that you don't >>>spend you time unproductively reinventing the wheel. >>> >>>Dave >> >>Nonsense. >>Programming an engine from scratch _is_ reinventing the wheel. >> >>Q: Why not buy a commercial and save time? >>A: Because you want to try you _own_ ideas, right? >> >>-S. > >Nonsense. It's exactly when you _don't_ know what's been done before that >programming an engine from scratch is reinventing the wheel. If you _do_ know >what's been done before, you can implement it quickly, and move on to >investigate new ideas. Nonsense. If you could implement it quickly all engines would be stronger than Crafty. -S. >Dave
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