Re: computer-go: What should I know about?

[Jeffrey Greenberg <jgberg@xxxxxxxx>]

You might benefit from using OpenGo: it provides an interface to you and can
interface to other go programs. It's an open source environment aimed at
facilitating go programming.

http://www.inventivity.com/OpenGo

The latest version that's in development is actually quite robust and is about
to be released.

regards,
jeff greenberg

TMCooper wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>    I'm quite new to go and I've just started playing with programming a
> computer to do go related things.  I'm wondering if there are any
> conventions in the computer-go world that I should know about.  For example,
> is it possible to set up a programme of mine to play against a commercial go
> programme on my computer?  Would my programme have to conform to anything in
> order to enter computer go tournaments?
>
> I have found out about sgf from the helpful site at
> http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/user_guide/index.html
>
> I am programming in a slovenly mixture of C and C++.  I am using a PC and if
> I write a decent front end, I'll probably do it for the windows environment.
> I'll have to learn some windows stuff first though so that is not imminent.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Tom.

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