<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long) --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:34:27 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199812212334.PAA99439#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 005701be2acf$4e565470$65cc17d0@enterprise --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com"> </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="msg01030.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01032.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01007.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01048.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01031">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01031">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01031">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</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 Design doc (long) </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:34:08 -0800</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> On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:41:22 -0500 Benjamin D Wiechel<strycher#toast,net> wrote: > IIRC, one of JCL's responses to this thread pointed out that > getting programmers to document in the code, much less to write > actual external documentation, and then to also convince them to > keep it updated, is quite a daunting task. It may be an > impossible one. Let's just say that there is a commercial OS out there in whose source I made the following comment (faithfully checked in, thru code review etc): /* I don't know what this code does, but I do know that it doesn't do what the above comment says it does. Exercise caution. */ -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#kanga,nu (Contractor) Internet: coder#kanga,nu ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honorary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </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="01007" HREF="msg01007.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Benjamin D. 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Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 23:38 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01031" HREF="msg01031.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 23:34 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01048" HREF="msg01048.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>, Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 23 Dec 1998, 20:11 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00951" HREF="msg00951.html">[MUD-Dev] A short introduction of a (quite) long-time lurker</A></strong>, Per Vognsen <a href="mailto:vognsen#post10,tele.dk">vognsen#post10,tele.dk</a>, Fri 11 Dec 1998, 16:39 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00949" HREF="msg00949.html">[MUD-Dev] MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>, Thinus Barnard <a href="mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com">thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com</a>, Fri 11 Dec 1998, 09:29 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00936" HREF="msg00936.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: (IMPORTNANT) Server down time and possible service interruption</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 08 Dec 1998, 01:56 GMT </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>