Re: computer-go: Computer Go Tournament Program

[Bob Myers <rtm@xxxxxxx>]

Could you please point us to the best quick reference for the Go Text
Protocol?  Thanks.

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Bob Myers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Bump" <bump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: computer-go: Computer Go Tournament Program

> (omitted)
> It would be a good idea if NNGS supported a second protocol,
> for which client- and server-side header files could be made
> publicly available with something like a BSD license. The server
> could easily support two protocols, responding to the client
> based on whatever protocol the client seems to be using.
>
> I have been told that idea of adding such a second protocol has
> been considered, perhaps (it was said) based on XML. It seems to
> me that a simple text based protocol, perhaps an extension of the
> Go Text Protocol used by GNU Go 2.7.xx might be preferrable.
>
> Dan