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Subject: Re: UCI - a good idea?

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 15:06:57 12/15/01

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On December 15, 2001 at 14:25:28, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On December 15, 2001 at 14:10:05, David Rasmussen wrote:
>
>>UCI seems like a good idea. It certainly fixes some of the problems that
>>winboard has, and add some cool features. But are there any free interfaces that
>>support it?
>
>Not AFAIK.

OK.

>
>>I am thinking of implementing UCI in Chezzz, but for what purpose?
>
>Well, that's a decision of a personal nature. If it isn't interesting or
>challenging for you then there's no reason to do it. You could say that it would
>make your engine more accessible outside WinBoard. Especially by the release of
>Shredder 6. But not by much.
>

It would be a challenge to me, although not an especially great one. Chezzz has
a pretty good design, and it reckon it would be easy to implement UCI. But if
there was some sort of purpose to it, other than challenging me, I might be more
motivated :)

>>I am not going to buy Shredder just to get the GUI. Will there ever be a UCI
>>version of Winboard?
>
>A tough question to answer.
>

Do it anyway! :)

>>Maybe I should make a freeware UCI GUI myself. Seems like a
>>task that is undertakable.
>
>That sounds like a good idea. Let me know if you want moral support :-).
>

It would really be a nice introduction to graphical programming for me. But I
don't know when I have the time. It will not be before I have finished Chezzz
1.0. Also, what graphical library works on both Windows and Linux, which will be
my to major platforms? What does winboard/xboard do?

>How is the rewrite of Chezzz progressing?
>

It's coming along ok. The upcoming CCT4 has got me starting again, after a long
period of doing nothing on it. I hope to have a "good" version available for
CCT4, and if I do, I will probably release it not too long after the event.

/David



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