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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Chris Gray <<A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:19:30 -0600</LI>
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[Jon A. Lambert:]
>You gotta have an assembler for those who want to touch the virtual
>metal. ;) An assembler is probably only useful for quick testing
>of the bytecode. This is something so simple to produce, if and
>when needed, it's not worth giving it a second thought. In fact,
>labels are probably an artifact of the assembler and belong there.
An assembler is easy yes. But, if you have one, then you really do
have to verify your byte-code before you try to execute it. That's
extra code and extra work. If you only generate byte-code via a
compiler, then you have the luxury of removing all of the checks once
you have it working. Free faster execution!
If the byte-code gets sufficiently complicated that you can't easily
write MUD-language code that generates the codes you want to test,
then perhaps its too complicated. If you can't generate a given
sequence that way, do you care? If you, the designer of the system
can't convince the compiler to generate it, then you can feel some
justification that no-one else will either, so actually testing the
sequence can be skipped. A bug waiting to happen? Possibly, but if
the byte-code is simple enough, visual inspection by a couple of
people ought to find the problems. (I'm a *big* fan of code reviews,
at least the informal ones we do at work.)
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Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00322" HREF="msg00322.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 22:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00330" HREF="msg00330.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 01:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00340" HREF="msg00340.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00370" HREF="msg00370.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 00:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00341" HREF="msg00341.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 05:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00355" HREF="msg00355.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 16:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00357" HREF="msg00357.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 16:42 GMT
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Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 03:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00385" HREF="msg00385.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 04:11 GMT
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