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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 22:40:50 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Chris Gray wrote:
> [Sunny Gulati:]
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> >** Everything still depends on "telnetting" into a mud just as we do
> >nowadays. I want to layer the client/server connections on top of
> >telnet.
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> I'm quite curious as to why you want to put stuff on top of telnet. Since
> you are requiring a custom client anyway, why not use a custom binary
> protocol of some kind? That cuts down on your communication, and avoids
> altogether the problems of accidental interpretation.
Yeah, then run a telnet server over *that*. I'll never do a free-form
mud-client interaction again!! Took me months to even get a crude
parser working worth a damn!
> Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00922" HREF="msg00922.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Stack-Based NPC AI</A></strong>,
Felix A. Croes <a href="mailto:felix#dworkin,nl">felix#dworkin,nl</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 19:00 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00920" HREF="msg00920.html">[MUD-Dev] Thought Treasure</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 18:27 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00916" HREF="msg00916.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00917" HREF="msg00917.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
Sunny Gulati <a href="mailto:sunnywiz#radiks,net">sunnywiz#radiks,net</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 05:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00918" HREF="msg00918.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 06:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00919" HREF="msg00919.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 06:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00924" HREF="msg00924.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 19:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00921" HREF="msg00921.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#cybersight,com">bruce#cybersight,com</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 18:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00923" HREF="msg00923.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mud client development systems</A></strong>,
Benjamin D. Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Mon 07 Dec 1998, 19:00 GMT
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