[Stefan_O]

If I would like to experiment with my own automated bidding algorithms,
anyone here knows if there is any open/freely available bidding database/library,
similar to the meadowlark(?) that Gib uses?

Something one could start out from and try to improve upon...?

Writing everything from scratch, seems like a pretty huge task...

I also wonder if anyone has published/suggested some useful notation/language, etc, for describing a complete bidding-system in such detail as required for serious automated bidding.

ps. I've had a look at gnubridge, but that's way too rudimentary.

[Stephen Tu]

http://orig.gibware.com/bidding

has an earlier version of GIB's bidding database. Supposedly it can be worked with using bridge.exe from the GIB commercial product. Good luck with figuring out the format!

[Stefan_O]

Thanks Stephen!
Didnt know abt that one....

But, gosh, what a mess!!

Suddenly -- if this is the notation still used in Gib -- it seems much more clear now why it is not so easy to make fixes/maintain