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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Jo Dillon <<A HREF="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:54:13 +0100</LI>
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Steve Sparks (ssparks#enigma,sss.org) spake thusly:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 ApplePiMan#aol,com wrote:
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> > >Database storage/persistence (relational or Object Oriented)
>
> My MUD design knowledge is pretty limited. I've at least played a few and
> worked on some adventure systems. I'm interested to know a couple of items
> to help clarify what might be planned. These might be much too complex to
> answer on this list, so if that is the case I'll ask them of others here
> locally and in person.
>
> What platform will be used for the Mud?
>
> Linux
> General UNIX running GNU?
> BSD
My vote is for any Posix-compliant Unix (so that we can use things like
pthreads and suchlike).
> What kind of database is usually used?
>
> If you use a relational database does someone then create a series of
> stored procedure that can be called to help speed implementation. If you
> do then would they be something like the implied functionality of these:
>
I'm not sure I like the idea of a relational database. They tend to
be inefficient in my limited experience, and also I think some sort of OO
database is going to make more sense for a mud.
--
Jo
Harmony - the project to create an LGPL Qt clone
<A HREF="http://harmony.ruhr.de">http://harmony.ruhr.de</A>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00360" HREF="msg00360.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 19:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00369" HREF="msg00369.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 00:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00391" HREF="msg00391.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 09:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00400" HREF="msg00400.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Steve Sparks <a href="mailto:ssparks#enigma,sss.org">ssparks#enigma,sss.org</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 16:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00401" HREF="msg00401.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 16:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00403" HREF="msg00403.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 17:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00410" HREF="msg00410.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 19:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00415" HREF="msg00415.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 20:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00424" HREF="msg00424.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 21:42 GMT
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