I have dumped the initial version of the (platform independent?) Trade Wars trader program I’ve been working on, in the just-created projects directory.
I wrote this program on Mac OS X. It’s a very UN*X-y approach.
Basically, you run the app-server first, like so:
app-server.pl --port=5000 nc host-name port
You then connect to the app server.
telnet localhost 5000
Finally, you run the “trader” program:
trader.pl --auto localhost 5000
This program will print out possible initial trading values for you, and then negotiate subsequent trades.
I would say this is an “OK” Trade Wars 2002 trading program for novices. It’s nowhere near the quality of ElderProphet’s. It saves me time; that’s all.