<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:14:07 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199803231913.LAA52947#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SOL.3.96.980320070741.7537A-100000#licia,dtek.chalmers.se --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.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="msg00849.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00851.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00797.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00800.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00850">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00850">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00850">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules</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>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:13:54 -0800</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 03:58:41 PST8PDT Niklas Elmqvist<d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, J C Lawrence wrote: > As I said earlier, the problem I can see with all this is that it is > not going to be very computationally efficient -- but it is neat, > IMO. That is, for every command issued by the user, for example, I > will need a potentially large number of requests passed between > different modules: socket I/O => parser => interpreter => user > command handler and so on. Also, I expect that using C++ instead of > C (like I did in my earlier effort PirateMUD) will also decrease > performance somewhat, although I have no idea about how much. No > matter. It all just means I'm going to need a bigger server. <cough> The lessons learnt from the message-passing based OS designs (cf microkernel) would seem pertinent here. Don't know what they are actually -- but perhaps you'd like to report back to the list? -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </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="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">Dynamic Loading of Modules</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Niklas Elmqvist <d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00849.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] (fwd) Functional Security</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00851.html">3D engines for MUDs</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00797.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00800.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules (was: Back on the list</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00850"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00850"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules (was: Back on the list)</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00575" HREF="msg00575.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules (was: Back on the list)</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Tue 24 Feb 1998, 08:42 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00764" HREF="msg00764.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules (was: Back on the list)</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 19 Mar 1998, 19:42 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">Dynamic Loading of Modules</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 11:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00797" HREF="msg00797.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 21:53 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00850" HREF="msg00850.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 19:14 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00800" HREF="msg00800.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic Loading of Modules (was: Back on the list</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 21 Mar 1998, 00:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00806" HREF="msg00806.html">Dynamic Loading of Modules</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Sat 21 Mar 1998, 10:05 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00532" HREF="msg00532.html">LDMs (large dynamic maps) was Re: [MUD-Dev] Unique items</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Fri 20 Feb 1998, 08:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00538" HREF="msg00538.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Unique items</A></strong>, The Eternal City <a href="mailto:eternal#eternal,eternal-city.com">eternal#eternal,eternal-city.com</a>, Fri 20 Feb 1998, 14:27 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>