It just occurred to me that you could write this in ruby and still make it java compatible using jruby. Then users could have a choice.
Don On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Don Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: > How is Java any different than Ruby? They both require you to install > their runtime. And Ruby is just as cross platform, no? > > If it's a performance issue Java is much faster than Ruby and would be the > better choice, but not because of installation issues. It's way easier > to develop with Ruby however, the super high level language to beat them > all for ease of use. > > Don > > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Pete Schwamb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm planning on releasing my client library for hooking up go bots to >> GoShrine (http://goshrine.com) sometime in the near future, but I'm not >> sure what operating system and level of expertise I should be targeting. >> >> It'd be pretty easy for me to release a linux only version that requires >> ruby, as that is what I already use to run my gnugo bot. However, I suspect >> that most of you guys are not on linux, and would prefer not to have to >> install ruby, so something like the java lib that KGS uses would be better >> for you. >> >> So what OS do you use, and would you install ruby just to try your bot on >> a new server? >> >> Also, my server currently only support japanese scoring (via gnugo). Is >> it acceptable to have gnugo be the judge of the final score, and would your >> bot support territory scoring? >> >> Thanks in advance for any feedback! >> >> -Pete >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > >
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