[Gerardo]

mycroft, on 2023-February-27, 20:28, said:

1. not sure why it wouldn't work on WSL. It is "straight" ubuntu after all. Not saying it does - haven't tried it, don't need to - but I don't see what would be different against linux running natively or in a VM.

2. redeal on windows (linked in my first) includes a DDS DLL that works. I'm not sure it's compatible with dealer, but if not, Tk or Python are your friends.

1. It certainly works, but gib is not available.

2. It should work, with a suitable compiler and proper DDS header files.

[pescetom]

Gerardo, on 2023-February-28, 15:10, said:

"GIB's double-dummy engine would not be available in that environment."

The operative phrase there is double-dummy engine, not GIB.

A suitable double-dummy engine, libdds, IS available.

In a Debian based environment (Debian, Ubuntu, etc), including WSL:

git clone -b dds https://github.com/GerMalaz/dealer.git

then follow the instructions in the README.md file.
(they include patching and compiling code).

The resulting dealer will use DDS for the tricks() function, instead of the unavailable GIB.

The Windows environment can do similarly, with a suitable compiler and DDS installed.
(and a corresponsing code change, the true_dd function can probably call DDS in all environments).

Thanks for the info here, I will look into using DDS under Windows with Dealer.

But you eluded my question about influencing BBO to restore the tricks-enabled version of Dealer. Or was "GIB's double-dummy engine would not be available in that environment." the reply you received?