Re: [computer-go] How to play go with other programe?

[Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@xxxxxxx>]

David Fotland wrote:

> I write windows programs, not console programs.  In a win32 program, there
> is no stdin and stdout, since there is no command line console window.
> Can someone tell me how to make this kind of program talk to stdin/stdout?

Read what Magnus Persson posts here.

> It happens that I understand winsock, since my program can talk to nngs/igs,
> so I don't actually need the answer :)  But I don't like the requirement to
> talk stdin/stdout.

> A big hurdle for a tournament organizer is writing a referee program.  Why
> don't people consider using nngs/igs protocol, which also works over tcp,
> and the nngs referee program already exists.

Tournament organizer doesn't need to write the referee program.  He goes
to Google and grabs whatever program he likes, either one of the simpler
`twogtp' scripts or a more complicated program like GoGui.

Paul


Why do people never read what is posted on the list before throwing their
opinion in?  It is a bit tiring to repeat over and over again.
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