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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:30:11 -0700</LI>
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At 05:18 PM 6/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Matthew Mihaly wrote:
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>> The idea is to minimize complaints. Why institute a system, such as a
>> parser that is mostly consistent with some glaring inconsistencies, that
>> will just cause more complaints?
>
>That's what they were saying. What I'm saying is that, if your goal is to
>minimize complaints, you'll get zero complaints about the mud if the mud
>doesn't exist.
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>(Of course, it's only supposition that any given parser would have
>"glaring inconsistencies." Again, you can use whatever parts of the ideas
>you want to build your command language. Thus, you can make it as
>consistent or inconsistent as you want.)
Come now, you're just being pedantic. If you want me to rephrase in more
rigid terms, the goal (ok, MY goal. I can't speak for anyone else) is to
minimize complaints while maximizing user satisfaction.
--matt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00445" HREF="msg00445.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 08:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00447" HREF="msg00447.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00463" HREF="msg00463.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00468" HREF="msg00468.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00482" HREF="msg00482.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 15:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00490" HREF="msg00490.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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