Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:30:45 03/09/05
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On March 09, 2005 at 12:13:26, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >After the post on how Daniel Mehrmann is still working on XBoard/Winboard, I >immediately starting thinking of ways to waste his time. My question is: Does >Winboard really have any advantages over UCI any more? > >The Anthony WB/UCI comparison: > >+UCI: > >Interface is cleaner & easier to implement, not being based on the crappy GNU >chess protocol. > >Supports Multiple PVs, refutations, etc. > >Graphical configuration of engines. > >+WinBoard: > >Can operate in text mode. > >And this comparison is (obviously) quite favorable to UCI, although I may have >missed things. Anyway, I'd be willing to help Daniel out over the next few >weeks if it meant a new version of Xboard with UCI support, and I'm guessing >there would be a few other people willing to help out as well. Both interfaces are flawed. I would use a database, it makes a lot more sense than string messages. Biggest problem with UCI -- tranferring the entire move list for every move. That is absurd. Biggest problem with Winboard -- parameter setup requires editing files. YUCK!
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