Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 02:35:04 01/07/03
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On January 05, 2003 at 07:33:17, Sune Fischer wrote: >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. Nonsense. Crafty's author could implement them too. Result: all programs play better, and people spend their time figuring out new stuff. Dave
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