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<LI><em>From</em>: JC Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 19:23:09 -0800</LI>
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998 05:14:17 PST8PDT
Miroslav Silovic<silovic#zesoi,fer.hr> wrote:
> Mike Sellers <mike#online-alchemy,com> writes:
>> At 05:03 PM 1/6/98 PST8PDT, JC Lawrence wrote:
>>> To describe my system loosely, and briefly: The server is heavily
>>> multi-threaded (I think the idle-state is over >50 threads
>>> currently). All events are processed aynchoinously and in
>>> parallel. The server is lockless. I don't guarantee order of
>>> execution of two unrelated events.
>> So... without recapitulating the flamage on this that occurs
>> regularly in r.g.m.*, how do you handle things like the "Dragon's
>> Dinner" scenario, where the player thinks she has closed the door
>> behind her, but then is surprised when she is fried by the dragon
>> anyway (who, in this race condition, saw the door as "open" and
>> went through)? In a truly lockless system, aren't race conditions
>> inevitable?
> This is likely to show up in the FAQ, isn't it? ;)
It certainly is good FAQ material. I'll dig out or write up a summary
of my system for the FAQ.
> Also, it's in the
> archives of this mailing list, where the problem has been beaten to
> death, with several good solutions.
True. Anyone else want to offer a FAQ entry for their solution?
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD Economy</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00157" HREF="msg00157.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD Economy</A></strong>,
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 00:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00088" HREF="msg00088.html">threaded servers (was Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Wed 07 Jan 1998, 18:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00113" HREF="msg00113.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00166" HREF="msg00166.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>,
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Sat 10 Jan 1998, 03:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00129" HREF="msg00129.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] request for comments</A></strong>,
JC Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM">claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 05:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00083" HREF="msg00083.html">Re: Journal of MUD Research, Vol. 3, No. 1 [TEXT]</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00336" HREF="msg00336.html">[MUD-Dev] Arctic's Project?</A></strong>,
Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#sedona,net">brandon#sedona,net</a>, Wed 28 Jan 1998, 16:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00339" HREF="msg00339.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Arctic's Project?</A></strong>,
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