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<LI><em>From</em>: JC Lawrence &lt;<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</A>&gt;</LI>
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998 05:14:17 PST8PDT 
Miroslav Silovic&lt;silovic#zesoi,fer.hr&gt; wrote:

&gt; Mike Sellers &lt;mike#online-alchemy,com&gt; writes:

&gt;&gt; At 05:03 PM 1/6/98 PST8PDT, JC Lawrence wrote: 

&gt;&gt;&gt; To describe my system loosely, and briefly: The server is heavily
&gt;&gt;&gt; multi-threaded (I think the idle-state is over &gt;50 threads
&gt;&gt;&gt; currently).  All events are processed aynchoinously and in
&gt;&gt;&gt; parallel.  The server is lockless.  I don't guarantee order of
&gt;&gt;&gt; execution of two unrelated events.

&gt;&gt; So... without recapitulating the flamage on this that occurs
&gt;&gt; regularly in r.g.m.*, how do you handle things like the "Dragon's
&gt;&gt; Dinner" scenario, where the player thinks she has closed the door
&gt;&gt; behind her, but then is surprised when she is fried by the dragon
&gt;&gt; anyway (who, in this race condition, saw the door as "open" and
&gt;&gt; went through)?  In a truly lockless system, aren't race conditions
&gt;&gt; inevitable?

&gt; This is likely to show up in the FAQ, isn't it? ;) 

It certainly is good FAQ material.  I'll dig out or write up a summary
of my system for the FAQ.

&gt; Also, it's in the
&gt; archives of this mailing list, where the problem has been beaten to
&gt; death, with several good solutions.

True.  Anyone else want to offer a FAQ entry for their solution?

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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD Economy</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00157" HREF="msg00157.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD Economy</A></strong>, 
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 00:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00196" HREF="msg00196.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  MUD Economy</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 12 Jan 1998, 05:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00088" HREF="msg00088.html">threaded servers (was Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>, 
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Wed 07 Jan 1998, 18:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00113" HREF="msg00113.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>, 
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#zesoi,fer.hr">silovic#zesoi,fer.hr</a>, Thu 08 Jan 1998, 13:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00166" HREF="msg00166.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>, 
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 03:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00129" HREF="msg00129.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>, 
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 05:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00083" HREF="msg00083.html">Re: Journal of MUD Research, Vol. 3, No. 1 [TEXT]</A></strong>, 
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Wed 07 Jan 1998, 07:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00336" HREF="msg00336.html">[MUD-Dev] Arctic's Project?</A></strong>, 
Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#sedona,net">brandon#sedona,net</a>, Wed 28 Jan 1998, 16:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00339" HREF="msg00339.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Arctic's Project?</A></strong>, 
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Thu 29 Jan 1998, 05:26 GMT
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