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
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