Author: Uri Blass
Date: 19:17:06 08/20/05
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On August 20, 2005 at 22:06:24, Uri Blass wrote: >Suppose that somebody look at some public source code and decide to write code >that does the same algorithm but with different data structure so he cannot use >copy and paste for chess tasks. > >Do you think that the program is a clone or use code of another programmer? >Do you think that the programmer should not be allowed to participate in >tournaments? > >Note that my opinion is that the programmer should be allowed to participate >because copying ideas unlike copying code is allowed but before even considering >to try this idea(I am not sure if I will try it even if it is allowed) I prefer >to ask this question. > >Uri I can add that even if I try this idea sometimes in the future I will certainly not plan to put things unmodified and if I think that something can be improved easily then I will improve it but the first version may be with the same data structure and I think that except exercise in programming it may be a test for the quality of a different data structures(if the program is slower it suggests that the data structure is worse and if it is faster it suggest that it is better). Uri
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