Re: Suggestion for Fastcode Scoring Rules change

"Avatar Zondertau" <avatarzt@xxxxxxxxx (please reply to newsgroup)> wrote in
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> >
> > I like that idea very much. One idea would be to announce the score
> > value of a given B&V at the time of a new challenge's creation. The
> > community can rate the challenge on a scale from 1 to 100. 100 being
> > on the level of the Memory Manager.
>
> IMO a fixed amount of points would probably work out better. For B&Vs
> that involve an extreme amount of work - such as the MM - exceptions
> could be made.
>

Is the MM the only exception so far? Are all other B&V of comparable
difficulty?

> > I think this would also encourage people to volunteer for taking on
> > the management of a given challenge if they are assured winning
> > points for annual prizes.
>
> This would probably be an advantage, yes. One problem is that it would
> somehow wrong Dennis since the great effort

I disagree. Trying to come up with ways to promote participation in the
community to take on the tasks that need to get done has nothing to do with
doing an injustice to any previous practices. I really don't think we
should dismiss new ideas just because of some imagined offense that might be
taken by a previous participant. Seriously. Nobody's ego should be that
fragile. And if it is, it should not be made the problem of the entire
group....

>he did in the past would
> not be rewarded while new contributions would. I'm afraid this is
> something that cannot be solved.
>

What? Can't be solved? Because you are afraid of hurting Dennis' feelings?
I really disagree. If it is a consideration at all, it should a minor one.
This really surprises me.

> BTW i do think the main reason for people to do FastCode should be the
> creation of fast Delphi libraries and not winning prizes. I think this
> is also the case for (almost?) every contributor.
>

That's it? What's the reasons for the points and the prizes then? Do they
serve no purpose? Can we not leverage them to encourage and promote
participation in management all the tasks that need to get done?

-d




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