Re: [computer-go] how to use GTP in place of GMP

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxx>]

> Don wrote
> "You also need software (GMP needs software too,  but it's linked into
> the program.)  The software can  be linked into the programs just like
> GMP if it makes you happy.  Or it can be a separate program running in
> the  background on one  of the  computers.  It  will take  very little
> resources.  If this  bothers you or you think it  unfair, keep in mind
> that your  computer probably  has dozens of  processes running  in the
> background, most of them also taking close to zero resources."

>      It is not the resources consumed by this process that bothers me. 
> It is the thought that I may be expected to provide it, or even merely 
> to specify it.  If a contestant tells me "all you should have done was 
> write a script that slurps bytes from port 12345 and channels them to 
> your referee's default transport", then no-one is going to be happy.

Yes,  I agree.   I would  also be  very happy  just to  say,  GTP over
stdin/stdout.   Then it's very simple to run the tournament.

- Don




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