Author: martin fierz
Date: 09:29:41 07/02/01
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On July 02, 2001 at 08:41:44, Adam Oellermann wrote: > >>(CB is free and the interface specifications are public, so anybody can write an >>engine for it), but checkers programming isn't as attractive as chess >>programming :-) > >It would be really cool if Checkerboard could use STDIO (in the way that >WinBoard does) rather than the DLL interface - would simplify things a great >deal for programmers, as well as allowing for pondering options etc. I might >even port my draughts engine Deep Brew (not that it's even in the same league as >Cake++ and King's Row). > >Regards >Adam hi adam why would using STDIO simplify things for programmers? before writing checkerboard, i thought about the interface between CB and the engine for some time, and i thought using a dll would be simplest by far. like this, it is just a function call. using STDIO you have to parse input and output, you have to know how to connect two programs, and these are both things which are already too much for my limited programming skills. what's wrong with the dll-approach? best regards martin
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