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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Nick Shaffner" <<A HREF="mailto:nicks#3drealms,com">nicks#3drealms,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:37:36 -0500</LI>
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Derek Snider Wrote:
>From: "Travis Casey" <efindel#io,com>
>To: <mud-dev#kanga,nu>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 8:51 PM
>Subject: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !
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>> Hmm... nothing in the rules specifically prohibits creating your own
>> GP language... :-)
>
>Yeah, but your GP language and the MUD code and data all combined
>would have to fit in 16K ... that's getting pretty tight.
>
>What's the smallest size that anyone's been able to get MUD networking
>code down to? (Written in C or C++) Does it include buffered input/output?
>Full error checking? ...just curious... I feel that the networking code
>is going to take up around 4K of valuable space... unless I'm way off.
4k is the number that I've come up with in my tests as the size for a well
for a well written C/C++ telnet layer, though by crunching identifier names
down to 2 characters, and making clever use of macros, you can compress the
same code to about a 1.3k or so.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00133" HREF="msg00133.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Todd McKimmey <a href="mailto:rufus@wombatgames.com">rufus@wombatgames.com</a>, Mon 10 Apr 2000, 22:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00162" HREF="msg00162.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Spin <a href="mailto:spin@fastlink.com.au">spin@fastlink.com.au</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 17:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00175" HREF="msg00175.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00222" HREF="msg00222.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs@cbs.dtu.dk">hhs@cbs.dtu.dk</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 14:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00126" HREF="msg00126.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Fw: 16K mud server competition !</A></strong>,
Nick Shaffner <a href="mailto:nicks@3drealms.com">nicks@3drealms.com</a>, Mon 10 Apr 2000, 21:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00007" HREF="msg00007.html">[MUD-Dev] Old Topic: Playfulness in 3-D Spaces, done.</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00004" HREF="msg00004.html">[MUD-Dev] An idea for breaking away from the HP/Mana mindset</A></strong>,
Eli Stevens <a href="mailto:wickedgrey@wickedgrey.com">wickedgrey@wickedgrey.com</a>, Sun 02 Apr 2000, 06:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00008" HREF="msg00008.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An idea for breaking away from the HP/Mana mindset</A></strong>,
Ryan P. <a href="mailto:ixiterra@earthlink.net">ixiterra@earthlink.net</a>, Sun 02 Apr 2000, 17:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00010" HREF="msg00010.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An idea for breaking away from the HP/Mana mindset</A></strong>,
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