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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Introduction</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A> (Chris Gray)</LI>
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[Dan R:]
:I'm still mixed on how this will work. Part of me wants all programs
:to be 'special' and live in their own little space. Part of me wants
:the model of attaching code to objects, and the rest of me wants
:*everything* to be coded functions. (For example, my description can
:be a function that just returns a string, or actually does a bunch of
:work and returns the string based on calculation and lookups).
So do both! Can you have conditional code at run time based on whether
or not a property is present on an object? If so, just do something
like (excuse the AmigaMUD syntax):
action := object@descFunc;
if action ~= nil then
description := call(action)(object);
else
description := object@descString;
fi;
That way you can have special funcs when you need them, otherwise just
have straight strings, which will take up less space.
:(FWIW, someone mentioned that process context switching was
:expensive. This is true, but your server is going to be switched out
:anyways, as it's unlikely that nothing else is running on the machine
:at all.)
Yes it is true. It will also make quite a lot of difference. It is an
*added* overhead over other work the machine is doing.
Also, all the commercial UNIXes I've worked with have SysV semaphores
and shared-memory segments, so you can probably safely use those.
--
Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] re: Role-playing</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00442" HREF="msg00442.html">[MUD-Dev] re: Role-playing</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 14 May 1997, 04:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00405" HREF="msg00405.html">Late introduction</A></strong>,
Wout Mertens <a href="mailto:Wout.Mertens#rug,ac.be">Wout.Mertens#rug,ac.be</a>, Mon 12 May 1997, 23:39 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00404" HREF="msg00404.html">unsibscribe</A></strong>,
Carter T. Shock <a href="mailto:ctso#umiacs,umd.edu">ctso#umiacs,umd.edu</a>, Mon 12 May 1997, 22:51 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00390" HREF="msg00390.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introduction</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 12 May 1997, 13:04 GMT
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Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 12 May 1997, 21:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00406" HREF="msg00406.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introduction</A></strong>,
Dan Root <a href="mailto:dar#thekeep,org">dar#thekeep,org</a>, Mon 12 May 1997, 23:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00458" HREF="msg00458.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introduction</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</a>, Wed 14 May 1997, 15:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00468" HREF="msg00468.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introduction</A></strong>,
Dan Root <a href="mailto:dar#thekeep,org">dar#thekeep,org</a>, Wed 14 May 1997, 22:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00493" HREF="msg00493.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introduction</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 16 May 1997, 07:59 GMT
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