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It would be interesting to see experts in different technologies compete, in front of a live audience, to implement or change a variety of projects. It would be useful to see what a master can do with each tool or platform.

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It would be interesting and educational to see how they would do it, definitely. But when comparing languages it makes sense to compare how well average people perform with them. We can't always hire an expert they are not universally available.

It would certainly help people decide what tobecome an expert in. And there must be some correlation with what an expert and an amateur can do.

Of course, I can think of examples where that isn't true.

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