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<LI><em>From</em>: Greg Munt <<A HREF="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</A>></LI>
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I seem to remember that someone (Jeff Kesselman, I think) stated that when
designing a language, they always went via one of two routes:
1. The language is tightly-bound to the task at hand
2. The language is very generic in nature
What are the (dis)advantages of each? I suspect that a non-generic
language would not be too extensible (and may cause problems if it went
on to a public ftp-able release), what are your opinions on this? A
generic language with libraries for specific purposes seems better than
tying everything to the language itself, but this is pretty much 'the C/C++
route'; I'm anxious to avoid making decisions solely on the basis of
"It's all I know."
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00891" HREF="msg00891.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution [off topic]</A></strong>,
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