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<LI><em>From</em>: Ross Nicoll <<A HREF="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:37:22 +0100</LI>
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> If I were to rewrite the parser for a new MUD, though, I think I'd
>take plural forms into account, ie. DROP ROCK drops one, DROP ROCKS drops
>them all. There would have to be some minor messing about for cases like
>DROP EVERYTHING, but nothing intractable.
Fine, until someone wants to drop more than one mouse (well, would you want
to be wandering around with a load of mice? :) ).
You could have fun with gloves, too; unless you have right glove and left
glove objects, you're likely to have a "pair of gloves" object.
There's also the possibility of a plural that has an extra "es" instead of
just "s" on the end, but I can't think of an word to use as an example.
> Not as surprised as the players who type KILL RAT when there are
>18 of them in the room...
*grin* pass me the minigun :)
_ __ __ __ Ross "Xugumad" Nicoll
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00800" HREF="msg00800.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: An Introduction</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 22 Aug 1998, 01:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00803" HREF="msg00803.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: An Introduction</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,princeton.edu">adam#phoenix,princeton.edu</a>, Sat 22 Aug 1998, 02:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00069" HREF="msg00069.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposal (with apologies to J. Swift)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 08 Jul 1998, 02:02 GMT
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Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</a>, Wed 08 Jul 1998, 17:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00087" HREF="msg00087.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposal (with apologies to J. Swift)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 08 Jul 1998, 18:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00091" HREF="msg00091.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposal (with apologies to J. Swift)</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 08 Jul 1998, 18:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00095" HREF="msg00095.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposal (with apologies to J. Swift)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 09 Jul 1998, 00:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00061" HREF="msg00061.html">[MUD-Dev] (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposal (with apologies to J. Swift)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 07 Jul 1998, 18:14 GMT
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