Author: dario
Date: 03:48:17 11/30/00
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On November 30, 2000 at 04:31:46, Andreas Stabel wrote: >I think that the only proper way to match two programs is to run them on two >different computers with some sort of communication between them. Today almost >all computer-computer communication is done with TCP/IP, so I think it is time >that we moved the standard chess interface between programs to this protocol. > >I have long experience of programming TCP/IP based systems, so my proposal is >to make a TCP/IP server which will work as a coordinator between two chess >programs. I will also program a simple client for this server which use the >Winboard interface and perhaps other interfaces too, so most of todays chess >programs wouldn't have to be rewritten. > >In future extentions it would be easy for the TCP/IP server to alow more than >two programs to connect and to run matches between all the programs and so on. > >The final system would be used in approximately the following way: > >On computer X - which doesn't have to be any of the computers running the > chess programs: > Here you start the server: > chesserver -port 1234 -games 10 > >On computer 1: > Here the first chess program is started: > chessclient -server computerX -port 1234 -engine crafty .... > >On computer 2: > Here the second chess program is started: > chessclient -server computerX -port 1234 -engine arasan .... > >Now 10 matches between the two engines on the two computers would be run >automatically. > >What do you all think about this suggestion and what features should this >system incorporate ? > >Best regards >Andreas Stabel i think that would just be great!! :-) sounds like a very cool concept and in regards to the features to be incorporated, it sounds like you have them covered. :-)
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