Re: computer-go: Visual development question

[Daniel Bump <bump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Thanks for the info. Ive been meaning to get a unix box for some time, maybe thats a good enough reason! 
> 
> Thanks again, 
> 
> E
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> >>> Nick Wedd <Nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10/18/99 01:29PM >>>
> Erik Hals <Erik.Hals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> 
> >I am starting to write a go program, and I was wondering if anyone knows if 
> >there is some freely available go application framework out there. (ie. a visual 
> >c++ project with a graphical go board and such). Im not a visual programmer, and 
> >I would like to concentrate my efforts on the algorithm, as opposed to the GUI. 
> >Also, can any of the existing go telnet clients be used for this purpose 
> >somehow? 

Godummy is a random move generator which Bill Shubert offered
as a demonstration for how to use CGoban with a Go engine. It
comes with a file called gmp.c which does all the work. The
first thing I did when I started work on GNU Go was to look
at godummy.

You may want to check out the GNU Go + CGoban combination:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/devel.html

If you replace the genmove() function of GNU Go with one you
write yourself, you will accomplish what you want. You should
read the license (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html) if
you are not already familiar with the GPL. If you are
intending to write a commercial program you may not want to
start with GNU Go. But if this is an academic pursuit that
might be a good place to start.

You will find starting up easier if you work on Linux
(or Unix). 

Dan