<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years? --> <!--X-From-R13: Xb Rvyyba <rzvylNgurybavbhf.arj.bk.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 02:09:20 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19981028100604.B17709#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199810270658.AAA18506#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SGI.3.96.981027104657.14777C-100000#zazu,angel.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk"> </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="msg00563.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00565.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00554.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00555.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00564">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00564">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00564">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</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: Why did it take years?</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Jo Dillon <<A HREF="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:06:04 +0000</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> Adam Wiggins (adam#angel,com) spake thusly: > down is *not* people not working. It's failing to account for the > sheer amount of /stuff/ that goes into a usable product. [ Examples of writing telnet module, DB module etc snipped ] Of course, this is where DevMUD could win. We can do all these modules in parallel as long as we agree on a way of linking them. In theory anyway :) A modular plugin-based mud should help here in that it'll force us to consider inter-module interfaces and divide the code into very clear chunks that people can work on independently. -- Jo Harmony - the project to create an LGPL Qt clone <A HREF="http://harmony.ruhr.de">http://harmony.ruhr.de</A> </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="00544" HREF="msg00544.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Cynbe ru Taren <cynbe#muq,org></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00550" HREF="msg00550.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Adam Wiggins <adam#angel,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00563.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00565.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00554.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00555.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00564"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00564"><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: Why did it take years?</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00551" HREF="msg00551.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 20:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00552" HREF="msg00552.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 21:15 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00560" HREF="msg00560.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 04:23 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00554" HREF="msg00554.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 00:18 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00564" HREF="msg00564.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 10:09 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00555" HREF="msg00555.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#muq,org">cynbe#muq,org</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 01:24 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00572" HREF="msg00572.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 23:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00575" HREF="msg00575.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 29 Oct 1998, 01:17 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00556" HREF="msg00556.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Why did it take years?</A></strong>, Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</a>, Wed 28 Oct 1998, 02:21 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>