[DGD]Some questions.

[Felix A. Croes]

I'm responding to two different emails in one reply.


Geir Harald Hansen <geirhans at ifi.uio.no> wrote:

> lately I'm planning on writing a mudlib. Which I would base on DGD and its
> kernel library. DGD is what I know, but people seem to recommend MudOS.
> Some even say DGD is outdated.
> Anyone who knows both systems who can tell me how they compare?

See page 2 of the FAQ: http://www.enol.com/~asmith/drf/dgd/faq.html
And the LPmud FAQ: http://www.imaginary.com/LPMud/lpmud_faq.html


> What's the status on closures and functions objects. Not wanted in DGD?

Unwanted.  Will not be in DGD, ever.


> Another thing, is there any chance you'll be supporting the alarms package
> in the kernel library, like you do the networking package, Dworkin?
> As the kernel lib is updated, it gets increasingly difficult to patch
> in the alarms support that comes with the package.

I intend to add milisecond delays to DGD fairly soon, using callouts
with a floating point delay argument.  There will be no support for
the alarms package itself.


Luwenth the Lewd <luwenth at netscum.com> wrote:

> 	Okay, where can I find a more complete set of docs describing the
> basics of what needs to be done to start creating a mudlib for DGD?
> 	I've tried to start one about three or four times, tried to
> comprehend what 2.4.5 was doing, and am still at a loss for what I need to
> put where and how it interoperates with anything else.   I've read the
> overview, most of the docs, the readme's and I'm still at a loss.  I may be
> a complete idiot (but apparently other people don't think so).

The document you may have missed -- at least, you didn't mention it
yourself and it is very important -- is dgd/doc/Introduction in the
source distribution, or dgd/mud/doc/dgd/Introduction in the binary
distribution.  It explains the role of the two most important objects,
the driver object and the auto object.

Regards,
Dworkin

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