There is at least one program that implemented CGOS protocol directly
into their program and does not need a client - they have the socket
protocol and the additional protocol needed that gtp doesn't support.

- Don


Jason House wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 02:06 +0000, Raymond Wold wrote:
>   
>> ivan dubois wrote:
>>     
>>> It does use GTP.
>>>
>>>       
>> I mean, why do you have to download a client to run locally? Why can't 
>> you just use GTP directly against a socket?
>>     
>
> Since gtp is typically implemented via console communication, there'd
> still have to be a (very simple) client.  I know the topic has come up
> in the past, but I don't remember the arguments made for why cgos was
> implemented the way it was.
>
> The code is open source.  Want to try adjusting the client and server
> code to do as you suggest?
>
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