Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : poker-eval Version : 122.0 Upstream Author : Loic Dachary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://download.gna.org/underware/debian/ (look for files with poke-eval in the name) * License : GPL Description :
This package is a free (GPL) toolkit for writing programs which simulate or analyze poker games. Who is the target audience? Mostly programmers. The programs are all written in C, but as time goes on, bindings may be added for Java, VB, Perl, or other languages. There are Java Native Interface (JNI) wrappers around some of the library functions. There are some demo programs which illustrate the features of the library, but which are not (at this time) flexible enough to be used without modification by end-users except for the most basic of simulations. Where did it come from? Cliff Matthews wrote and released (under GPL) a fast poker hand evaluator several years ago, and this code is derived from that work. It has been improved over the years, with contributions from Mat Hostetter, Keith Miyake, Brian Goetz, Michael Maurer, and others. Most recently, the code has been repackaged and cleaned up substantially, so it is more suitable for general use and extension to other types of poker games. This code is now maintained by Brian Goetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and improvements and suggestions can be sent to him. The latest version of the software can be found at www.pokersource.org.