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<LI><em>From</em>: Martin C Sweitzer <<A HREF="mailto:msew%2B#andrew,cmu.edu">msew+@andrew.cmu.edu</A>></LI>
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Excerpts from mud-dev: 2-Jun-99 Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing by Cynbe ru
Taren#muq,org
> useful for flattening the initial learning curve. To the best of my
> knowledge. ("bag.2" or "bag2" "bag 2" would probably be preferred to
> "2.bag" though, imho.)
I think the only reason for this is because you can easily increase the number.
ie
get 2.bag vs get bag.2
with the latter it is much easier to increment/decrement the bag number
(ie when looking or placing things into specific bags) That is what you
care about when doing this usually.
up arrow
delete
increase number
return
vs
uparrow
right arrow * numLetterItem
increase number
return
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00403" HREF="msg00403.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 23:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 14:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00393" HREF="msg00393.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 15:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00480" HREF="msg00480.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00506" HREF="msg00506.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00385" HREF="msg00385.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>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 13:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00423" HREF="msg00423.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 04:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00419" HREF="msg00419.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, 02:41 GMT
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