Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:16:24 02/28/06
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On February 28, 2006 at 11:08:29, giovanni lavorgna wrote: >On February 28, 2006 at 09:44:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 28, 2006 at 00:38:17, Swaminathan wrote: >> >>>On February 27, 2006 at 22:50:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On February 27, 2006 at 22:39:25, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>> >>>>>It is delightful to see your discipline, dedication and tireless concentration >>>>>as if you was a 21 years kid trying to get his piece of fame. >>>>>Inspiration for me, too much prone to talk of "finished life" because I am 57. >>>>>My best >>>>>fernando >>>> >>>> >>>>we are exactly the same age, until march 18 comes around. Then I become 58. :) >>> >>>so do you believe that teenagers or people aged arund 20-30 have good memory and >>>skills than grand fathers when it comes to programming and playing? >> >>No. I believe "experience helps".. and there is only _one_ way to get >>experience... > > > >Tough I agree to same extent to this statement made by Crafty author, it should >be noted that chess strength, at least as meaured by Elo rating, *is* inversely >related to age. I remember I have seen some pretty impressive plots of age vs >Elo for several players..those told me something. > >Giovanni The question is, is that same relationship good for writing programs? Something tells me "no". Yes an older person will have more mental lapses in a heavy-concentration activity like GM-level chess. But take a different angle: You are about to have a heart-lung transplant. You can choose doctor A, who is 60 years old and who has done 30,000 of these transplants over his career, or you can choose doctor B, who is 28 years old and just out of his surgical residency. Which one would you choose? For me that's a no-brainer. :) Give me that experience any time...
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