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Subject: Re: Bob hates UCI ! (n/t)

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 02:10:23 02/24/05

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On February 24, 2005 at 05:02:37, Tony Werten wrote:

>I see no logical reason why an interface needs to know the move I'm going to
>ponder on. It's none of its bussiness. What does it need it for ?

For example, to show it to the user, together with the PVs. I as a user want to
see PVs of both opponents, when I watch an engine game.

For example, to show it later in the PGN.

For example, to make the UCI protocol possible. Some seem not to like it - they
will use other things. Others do like it (including many users, who prefer not
to learn command line arguments or ini fily synthax for many engines). Of course
you could argue, that this does not need the UCI way of pondering. But
practically, you have no alternative to UCI, if you want this.

Regards,
Dieter



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