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<LI><em>From</em>: "Ian Macintosh" <<A HREF="mailto:iman#issystems,co.nz">iman#issystems,co.nz</A>></LI>
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> Laurent Bossavit
>
> As my quest for the perfect M* server design continues
> (I've been a
> deep lurker on the list for over one year, though some
> of you might
> remember my interest at one time in porting LambdaMOO
> to Java (done,
> but not the panacea I hoped)) I am more and more
> convinced that the
> crucial parts are the underlying (implementation) and
> visible (world-
> building) languages - ideally both being the same.
>
> A lot of the issues M* server designers and
> implementors struggle
> with are in fact active areas of programming language
> research. These
> are in approximate order of importance (for M* writers!)
> - distributed processing support (for large worlds)
> - concurrent processing support (for reactive worlds)
> - object orientation (for modular worlds)
> - object persistence (as in MOO)
> - run-time mutability (aka dynamic recompilation, as
> in MOO/ColdC)
> - reflective capabilities (so programs can modify themselves)
> - security (to enable in-game access to world code by
> 'wizards')
Hi Laurent.
I know LambdaMOO very well, and from your comment re Java conversion,
I presume you do to. What about it doesn't fit your list?
Distributed processing support can be handled by running multiple
processes and interconnecting them. I've always thought that this is
a better way of handling large systems and a large number of users.
ie, segment areas (zones) onto different servers and link them.
I'm not sure of what you are refering to when you say concurrent
processing support? I understand the term, but I don't understand the
context re reactive worlds?
Perhaps you could also elaborate reflective capabilities?
Regards,
Ian Macintosh.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">[MUD-Dev] Library news</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Tue 16 Nov 1999, 05:12 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00259" HREF="msg00259.html">[MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00264" HREF="msg00264.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00268" HREF="msg00268.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
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Ian Macintosh <a href="mailto:iman#issystems,co.nz">iman#issystems,co.nz</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 16:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00299" HREF="msg00299.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 21:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00324" HREF="msg00324.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
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Laurent Bossavit <a href="mailto:bossavit#cybercable,fr">bossavit#cybercable,fr</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 21:25 GMT
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