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

[Hellwig.Geisse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think a viable solution for the practical problem
how to specify the communication of Go programs for
a tournament could be like this:

1. The GTP protocol is not affected in any way.
   It remains exactly as is, without specifying
   the transport mechanism.

2. The participants are asked to supply programs
   which connect via TCP/IP, address xx.yy.zz.vv,
   port ww, and speak GTP over this connection.
   (It might be necessary to specify the physical
   connection also, in case the computer on which
   the participant's Go program is running is not
   supplied by the organizer.)

3. We, the developers who want to further GTP, will
   supply (at least) two packages, one for Windows
   and one for Unix, containing reference implementations
   of a referee (well, not really a referee, but merely
   what we used to call a controller). I think that these
   packages are not much more than one of the twogtp
   programs, 'glue' for connecting them to TCP/IP, together
   with instructions how to install and use them.

4. The organizer of a tournament then only has to supply
   one computer per pair of Go players with one of the
   packages installed on it. This computer must of course
   be connected to a LAN.

Nick, would this solve or at least reduce the
problems you saw for organizing a computer Go
tournament?

Regards,
Hellwig

_______________________________________________
computer-go mailing list
computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/