Re: computer-go: Is the Go Modem Protocol used in actual tournaments ?

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I wrote my own implementation of the necessary subset of Go Modem
> Protocol long ago. (If anyone needs a Perl hack which speaks GMP on
> its stdio while running your Go-playing engine as a Unix subprocess
> and using its command line interface on *its* stdio, let me know.:-)

I  could definitely use  this.  I am  considering  to write a complete
graphical user interface in perl (I think perl is probably the easiest
way to do this.)  I want the interface protocol to be GMP.  This would
actually  be portable  to  Windows too  although   this is  not a  big
consideration to me.

Can you email me privately with the details of this?

Don



> When I have to talk the IGS protocol, I use cgoban to translate
> between GMP and IGSP. So I'm all set for GMP. And everything I've
> heard from tournament organizers, here and at the AGA Congress,
> suggests that GMP works pretty well in practice. However, I still
> think it might be reasonable to switch over to the IGS protocol.

I want some buttons to push that cgoban  doesn't support, but I'll use
cgoban if I do IGS.

Don