Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:08:41 12/13/05
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On December 13, 2005 at 11:13:09, Tord Romstad wrote: >On December 13, 2005 at 10:51:25, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On December 13, 2005 at 10:33:31, Tord Romstad wrote: >> >>>Good point, Tony. >>> >>>Most people suffer from the misconception that chess programming is extremely >>>difficult, and that someone who has programmed a strong chess program must be >>>a wizard programmer. In the last couple of months, I have received two >>>unexpected job offers from employers who have seen my chess program. >> >>I wonder why you think it's a misconception. >> >>Do you think you can write a good program without at least being an above >>average programmer? > >This depends on your definition of a "good program" of course. I agree >that an average programmer probably couldn't write a world championship >class chess program. Writing a program which is withing 200-300 Elo points >of the best ones on a single CPU computer requires only very basic programming >skills, though. I have done so myself, and I am a far below average >programmer (I'm a reasonably competent Lisper, but that's not the same thing). I have worked with hundreds of programmers (programming since 1976). By looking at your code it is clear to me that you are well above average.
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