<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing --> <!--X-From-R13: Oyoreg <gurpurrmrznaNrneguyvax.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:43:27 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3.0.6.32.19990604142740.0079b5c0#earthlink,net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.4.04.9906030754450.30227-100000#fnord,io.com --> <!--X-Reference: 4.1.19990603012717.00bdf100#pop,darklock.com --> <!--X-Reference: 199906032107.OAA18201#proxy4,ba.best.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net"> </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="msg00489.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00491.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00482.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00434.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00490">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00490">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00490">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</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>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Albert <<A HREF="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:27:40 -0400</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#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> At 01:57 PM 6/3/99 -0700, you wrote: >At 07:56 AM 6/3/99 -0500, you wrote: >>On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote: >>> On 10:02 PM 6/2/99 -0700, I personally witnessed Matthew Mihaly jumping up >>> to say: >>> > >>> >Well, that makes sense, except that in my experience, unless you provide >>> >such a thing flawlessly, the users complain. The lack of consistency would >>> >probably make it far more maddening than having a parser that is less NLP >>> >oriented. I think that is what Caliban was pointing out. >>> >>> Yeah, it was, but I didn't say it quite so clearly. That happens when I get >>> on subjects I'm passionate about. ;) >> >>Of course, if you take this idea to its logical extreme, why build a mud >>at all? Unless you can make it a perfect mud, you're just going to get >>complaints from users... > >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? >--matt Yes, complaints will inevitably occur, and in the volumes. But I believe that the simple of answer that implementing a full scale NLP while at the same time mainitaining high efficiency on a computer with limited resources simply isn't plausible. If the NLP route is not the only option give to players, they'll probably end up grumbling for a week or two and continue on their merry way, making use of what they do have. Thereafter complaints would only arise from newbies. _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</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="00447" HREF="msg00447.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Travis S. Casey" <efindel#io,com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00445" HREF="msg00445.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban#darklock,com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00463" HREF="msg00463.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Matthew Mihaly <sarapis#achaea,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00489.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00491.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00482.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00434.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00490"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00490"><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>Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00466" HREF="msg00466.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 22:18 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00468" HREF="msg00468.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 23:55 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">[MUD-Dev] Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 03:40 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <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 </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00490" HREF="msg00490.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Albert <a href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 18:43 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 05:04 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00450" HREF="msg00450.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 14:12 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00461" HREF="msg00461.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 17:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00462" HREF="msg00462.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 18:13 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>