Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:39:06 02/13/04
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On February 13, 2004 at 13:25:33, Bob Durrett wrote: >On February 13, 2004 at 12:52:51, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On February 13, 2004 at 12:19:11, Tord Romstad wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2004 at 11:51:15, Bob Durrett wrote: >>> >>>>On February 13, 2004 at 11:27:13, Tord Romstad wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 13, 2004 at 04:35:13, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>Why do you think to share something important that you may find with other >>>>>>programmers when it means that you will not earn money from chess programming? >>>>> >>>>>There are many easier and more comfortable ways to earn money. Besides, >>>>>considering how I learned all this stuff, selling a chess program >>>>>without explaining its inner workings would be more like stealing money >>>>>than like earning money. I cannot sell something which is 95% the work >>>>>of others and 5% the work of myself, unless I contribute something back >>>>>to the community by explaining the last 5%. At least to me, having a good >>>>>conscience is much more important than some extra income. Perhaps I'm >>>>>naive, but I expect that most others who learn chess programming by hanging >>>>>around here would feel the same. >>>>> >>>>>Another important aspect is of course that of personal enjoyment. What >>>>>fun is there in inventing new ideas if you never discuss them with anyone? >>>>> >>>> >>>>Your arguments sound good but I doubt that any financially successful chess >>>>programmers will be persuaded to reveal their secrets. : ) >>> >>>:-) >>> >>>That was not really my intention. I wrote from the perspective of present >>>and future newbies (like myself). It doesn't really apply (at least not >>>to the same extent) to the established professionals, who started programming >>>in the dark ages before CCC, and had to invent by themselves all the tricks >>>which everyone can gather from public sources today. >>> >>>Tord >> >>I do not think that authors of Ruffian and Deep Sjeng started popgramming in the >>dark ages before CCC. >> >>Uri > >When was it when the dark ages ended and CCC began? Just curious. CCC began in 1997. The oldest posts I have are from Septemeber, but there might be some before that, if they never got salted away. Dark Ages are always relative for a particular group. For instance, the "Dark Ages" in Europe were a time of wonderful advancement and enlightenment for the orient. I suspect that at all times, chess programmers have been making intersting strides. There has been nothing as interesting as Deep Blue, since they yanked the plug on that project, however.
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