Author: KarinsDad
Date: 10:14:18 01/31/99
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On January 31, 1999 at 00:42:27, Dann Corbit wrote: >I am going to create a special opening book that uses the C.A.P. data. It will >also contain some middlegame and endgame stuff in it, but most programs will >have little interest in that. What I would like to know is what API would you >like to use? I can make it a C API or C++ objects. I think most people would want a ANSI C api so that most any language can access it (as per the other posters). > I also would like to get >your thoughts on what the volume of information you would like back is. I will >have a suggested move for all positions, a best move for some positions, and an >avoid move for a few positions. I will have a pv -- how much of that would you >like and in what format? I will have a ce. What is a ce? > Would you like second guesses also >(I have tables with the same information but did not get run as long and >occasionally the answers are different) or best answer only? What should the >format for the positions be? If binary rather than character string, what >format will convey the all the information that everyone needs? I can possibly >start up the inquiry data structure with various attributes depending upon the >way it is constructed. I will also have an interface to update the database. >That way, it can grow in information over time. > >What I would like is a clear specification that would benefit the broadest >possible range of programmers with the greatest possible utility. Although this project is interesting, I kind of see the "end of an era" with it. Once this data is generally available, a lot of commercial programs and quite a few amateur programs will use it. Unlike tablebases where you are not sure if a given game will even get to them, all programs need good openings to play well. Hence, the direction may go that instead of attempting to put in a good opening book, a lot of programmers will be trying to find ways to "extend the C.A.P book" (which in and of itself will be a tough thing to do). And those programmers who have their own opening books will find their programs at a major disadvantage. It's kind of a shame, but I guess that is the price of progress. It's too bad that any opening work that I had planned will now probably go by the wayside and I will use C.A.P., otherwise, my program will be at a major disadvantage. KarinsDad :(
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