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<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:21:59 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 David95037#aol,com wrote:
> If you want inefficient, definitely do not tokenize the macros, re-parse
> the text each time. Maybe keep them in a giant string. When a loop is
> being executed, to find that start of the loop, search the string from the
> beginning.
You jest, but this is exactly the way that the Revenant scripting engine
works. (I coded most of it in a single week, so I didn't have a lot of
time for fancyness.)
Actually, everything is line-oriented (which saves you from using ;'s,
and it also makes it easier to scan backwards to loop starts and things,
because I can save line numbers to make it easier).
Funny enough, someone wrote a document about how to use it not too long
ago. It appears to be accurate (and I guess they haven't changed much
since I left):
<A HREF="http://revenantqs.telefragged.com/scripting/GameScript.html">http://revenantqs.telefragged.com/scripting/GameScript.html</A>
The only thing special about it, I think, is the way that triggers and
priorities work. In that respect it's not structured much like a "normal"
programming language, because it's event-based, and those events are
interruptable by other, higher-priority events.
Also, some of the commands have a slightly funny syntax, reflecting
the fact that you can type them at the console the same way you would
use them in a script. Here's a shot of the editor window:
<A HREF="http://www.cinematix.com/images/editor.jpg">http://www.cinematix.com/images/editor.jpg</A>
Adam W.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00843" HREF="msg00843.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Properties of computer languages</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 17 Jun 1999, 22:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00848" HREF="msg00848.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Properties of computer languages</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 18 Jun 1999, 01:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00851" HREF="msg00851.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Properties of computer languages</A></strong>,
David95037 <a href="mailto:David95037#aol,com">David95037#aol,com</a>, Fri 18 Jun 1999, 14:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00859" HREF="msg00859.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Properties of computer languages</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 19 Jun 1999, 03:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00861" HREF="msg00861.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Properties of computer languages</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Sat 19 Jun 1999, 18:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00823" HREF="msg00823.html">[MUD-Dev] UM2</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Wed 16 Jun 1999, 04:31 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00822" HREF="msg00822.html">[MUD-Dev] Fwd: Books on Compilers</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 15 Jun 1999, 21:38 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00818" HREF="msg00818.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: NoMail Subscriptions -- please reconfigure</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#varesearch,com">claw#varesearch,com</a>, Tue 15 Jun 1999, 03:20 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00816" HREF="msg00816.html">[MUD-Dev] speed problems update</A></strong>,
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