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<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>
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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).
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<LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud websites</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<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
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00910" HREF="msg00910.html">[MUD-Dev] Analysis and specification - the dirty words of mud development?</A></strong>,
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Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Wed 10 Jun 1998, 05:27 GMT
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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