<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary --> <!--X-From-R13: Quevf Uenl <ptNnzv-pt.UenlEntr.Sqzbagba.OP.QO> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:14:47 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199810280412.VAA04079@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA"> </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="msg00558.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00560.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00548.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00565.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00559">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00559">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00559">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</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: PDMud thread summary</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>: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:12:31 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#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> [Alex Oren:] >} >I think we should look into the object model first. >} >Do we want single or multiple inheritance? Static or dynamic binding? Single >} >or multiple dispatch? Vtables or name-based? Etc... >Static binding is when the destination of a function call is known at compile >time. Dynamic binding is when the destination is only known at run-time. In >C++, dynamic binding is accomplished using virtual methods and pointers or >references to objects. Static versus dynamic binding of function calls as a programming language feature I understand just fine. It was those words attached to a question about an object model that confused me. The object model and the programming language are strongly intertwined, but they *are* separate. Anyway, I agree - having a way to attach function pointers (or whatever you choose to call them) to objects is extremely useful. >Now, to multiple dispatch. Multiple dispatch is what Scott Meyers (More >Effective C++) calls "Making functions virtual with respect to more than one >object". C++ and Java do not support this paradigm directly but there are >ways to simulate it. OK, definitely jargon then. So, like, er, the state of two objects determines which function is called for something? -- Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. - me Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA </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="00565" HREF="msg00565.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> alexo#bigfoot,com (Alex Oren)</li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00558.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00560.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00548.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00565.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00559"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00559"><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>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00656" HREF="msg00656.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 01 Nov 1998, 04:02 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00539" HREF="msg00539.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 06:05 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00540" HREF="msg00540.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 06:13 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00548" HREF="msg00548.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 09:50 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00559" HREF="msg00559.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 04:14 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00565" HREF="msg00565.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 13:40 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00345" HREF="msg00345.html">[MUD-Dev] PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 08:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00349" HREF="msg00349.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 12:06 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00354" HREF="msg00354.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 15:41 GMT </LI> </UL> </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>