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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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Chris Gray wrote:
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>Wow, that's not much space! I took a quick look at ToyMUD, to see if there
>was any chance of doing simple changes to shrink it down. However, it
>is 80K of code and 26K in the data file. I doubt I could shrink it to
>16K without losing some major feature or two. The first step would be
>one of those code obfuscators that removes whitespace and makes all
>identifiers one or two characters.
Well spaces, tabs and comments don't count towards the limit.
Yes, you could also get some mileage out of obfuscating keywords and
system functions with macros. You could move all your locals into global
space, drop all static references, and share them very carefully.
>16K is enough for a decent MUD, I think, but the result isn't going to
>be anything you'd want to show to your mother! I think a more reasonable
>size count would be one of those program complexity measures, so that
>you could at least read the resulting source code.
IIRC, DevMud was around 50k. It might be under the limit sans whitespace
and comments.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00013" HREF="msg00013.html">[MUD-Dev] META: Topic List - 1999</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 03:36 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00012" HREF="msg00012.html">[MUD-Dev] Fw: DESIGN: XML?</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 03:36 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00011" HREF="msg00011.html">[MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 03 Apr 2000, 03:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00026" HREF="msg00026.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
cg <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 02:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00028" HREF="msg00028.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 05:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00034" HREF="msg00034.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#slimy,com">jleonard#slimy,com</a>, Tue 04 Apr 2000, 16:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00049" HREF="msg00049.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Wed 05 Apr 2000, 00:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00029" HREF="msg00029.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
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