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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:30:11 -0800</LI>
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:46:42 -0600
Greg Miller <gmiller#classic-games,com> wrote:
> Ian Macintosh wrote:
>> Distributed processing support can be handled by running multiple
>> processes and interconnecting them. I've always thought that
>> this is a better way of handling large systems and a large number
>> of users. ie, segment areas (zones) onto different servers and
>> link them.
> I've always thought this was an extraordinarily poor way to handle
> it... Unless you have a truly enormous number of players, don't
> you end up shifting areas from server to server as players and
> groups move, in order to achieve load balancing? Wouldn't
> event-based distribution work much more cleanly?
Area distribution assumes a reasonably even spread of activity.
Event distribution assumes that events can be distributed such that
minimal synch is required between nodes.
Both fail miserably with flash crowds.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00324" HREF="msg00324.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Ian Macintosh <a href="mailto:iman@issystems.co.nz">iman@issystems.co.nz</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 23:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00369" HREF="msg00369.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller@classic-games.com">gmiller@classic-games.com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 18:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00418" HREF="msg00418.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Sat 20 Nov 1999, 01:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00388" HREF="msg00388.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00430" HREF="msg00430.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk">emily@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Sun 21 Nov 1999, 22:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00449" HREF="msg00449.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00308" HREF="msg00308.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Laurent Bossavit <a href="mailto:bossavit@cybercable.fr">bossavit@cybercable.fr</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 21:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00350" HREF="msg00350.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages for MUD drivers</A></strong>,
Ian Macintosh <a href="mailto:iman@issystems.co.nz">iman@issystems.co.nz</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 07:34 GMT
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