<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [NOISE] common server design --> <!--X-From-R13: [negva Yrrtna <znegvaNpnz.fev.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: from fabius.globecomm.net [207.51.48.6] by in11.ibm.net id 867347031.42460-1 Thu Jun 26 17:43:51 1997 CUT --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.GSO.3.96.970626183914.29959J-100000@tay --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199706260500.AAA01789@dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [NOISE] common server design</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01540.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01542.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01586.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01549.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01541">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01541">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01541">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[NOISE] common server design</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [NOISE] common server design</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Martin Keegan <<A HREF="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:43:06 +0100 (BST)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Jon A. Lambert wrote: > 1) open 15,8,15;print#15,"c0:fileb=filea";close 15 Vic 20 / C64. > 2) cp filea fileb Unix > 3) copy filea fileb DOS > 4) pip fileb=filea CP/M > 5) assign sysut1,dsn=filea,disp=old > assign sysut2,dsn=fileb,disp=new > exec iebgener > end haven't a clue. The fact that there are so many ways of representing such a simple operation has relevance to the design of command line interfaces to muds. What is needed is a proper natural language parser capable of understanding commands typed in normal English. Current NLP technology doesn't deal with context-dependent abbreviations, though SRI may throw money at this if anyone's willing to pay for the research. Mk </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01518" HREF="msg01518.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] common server design</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Jon A. 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Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 10:30 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01576" HREF="msg01576.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] common server design</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 23:27 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01585" HREF="msg01585.html">[MUD-Dev] common server design</A></strong>, Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu">cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu</a>, Mon 30 Jun 1997, 01:44 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>