<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest --> <!--X-From-R13: Pra Uerrne <terrneNploreuvtujnl.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:56:19 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.980422195116.496A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199804221840.LAA177595#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net"> </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="msg00326.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00351.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00762.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00360.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00346">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00346">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00346">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:54:35 -0700 (MST)</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Wed Apr 22 19:56:21 1998</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:56:21 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Envelope-to</em>: claw#kanga,nu</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent,,,," <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, J C Lawrence wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Apr 1998 07:04:14 PST8PDT > Cat <cat#bga,com> wrote: > > > I presume the comments about disk-based muds running faster than > > memory-based ones are including the tacit assumption that one is > > talking about muds that don't have the option of running on a > > machine with a large surplus of RAM? > > Yes, but only just. > > Aside: I've done a lot of work on large RAM machines (the machine I'm > typing on now has 256Meg RAM, which is piddley compared to the 32Gig > RAM sitting behind me). FYI: got 64MEG for $89, including rebates. A one gig machine is no longer that big of a leap. Of course, I'll need to write something to use all this wonderful space :) [snipped good args about heap management] I wonder if this applies in Java? Since it is already managing all the memory, I'd bet it does (or will) provide heap defrag. Anyone got any info on this? Ben -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00360" HREF="msg00360.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Jon A. 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Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 09 Apr 1998, 05:48 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00073" HREF="msg00073.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 08 Apr 1998, 18:22 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00762" HREF="msg00762.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 22 Apr 1998, 18:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00346" HREF="msg00346.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 02:56 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00360" HREF="msg00360.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Development Digest</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 05:58 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00014" HREF="msg00014.html">OT: This is a test of a system config change.</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sat 04 Apr 1998, 05:40 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00008" HREF="msg00008.html">Monthly FAQ Posting</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Thu 02 Apr 1998, 14:27 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00007" HREF="msg00007.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Persistant storage.... My current idea.</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 01 Apr 1998, 22:58 GMT </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>