<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development? --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:45:55 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199806191739.KAA02557#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199806100525.AAA19387#rgate,ricochet.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of </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="msg01141.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01143.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00934.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00929.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01142">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01142">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01142">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</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: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development? </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>: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:39:13 -0700</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 Tue, 09 Jun 1998 21:56:19 -0700 Mike Sellers<mike#bignetwork,com> wrote: > I think you've put this extremely well. It's unfortunate, but as > you say, the amount of analysis and design done is often comedic at > best. Of course, this is hardly peculiar to hobbyist muds -- > commercial muds (I'm not casting aspersions, Raph :-) ) and indeed, > most professional games are developed with an astonishing lack of > analysis, and with only a passing glimpse at what in other parts of > the software world would be recognized as actual design. This is hardly unique to commercial MUDs. Its rampant thu much of the commercial software development world. I've been on many a project where the __expected__ course was: Write the damn thing, get it out the door, and then figure out how you designed the thing (or even why and how (if) it manages to work). -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary 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="00934" HREF="msg00934.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Mike Sellers <mike#bignetwork,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01141.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUDZilla -- commercial server base</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01143.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00934.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00929.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01142"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01142"><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: Mud websites</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01018" HREF="msg01018.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud websites</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 13 Jun 1998, 14:19 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01125" HREF="msg01125.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud websites</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 18:45 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00910" HREF="msg00910.html">[MUD-Dev] Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Tue 09 Jun 1998, 17:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00934" HREF="msg00934.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 05:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01142" HREF="msg01142.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 17:45 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00929" HREF="msg00929.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 17:44 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00938" HREF="msg00938.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 19:09 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00950" HREF="msg00950.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 23:36 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01147" HREF="msg01147.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 20 Jun 1998, 01:07 GMT </LI> </UL> </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>