[DGD] Could it work...

[mtaylor]

Yep, I agree that makes sense :)
To be honest we looked at the kernel lib and had no idea what was going on
;) So with a lot of work and head banging we built our own system from the
ground up. The great thing about that is that I know what every little bit
of code does. I was unsure about working with something I couldn't
understand. Maybe now we can look back and say ... 'oops' but I think it's
okay...

...from everything said so far I'm not sure it's impossible to implement
what we need from the kernel lib for our mud. The other coder involved is a
techy and will probably find it a lot easier than I do ;)
I know it will take longer perhaps than using the kernel lib but we'll have
learned so much more and be so much more comfortable with our code :)

Anyway ... Everyone is of course invited to come and see our mud running.
Should be 2 - 3 months all going well before we start testing. Um ... If
we're not supposed to say that on the list, sorry.

Any comments :)

Matt


> First of all, Matt, I'd have to say that I'm happy for all the questions
> you've asked as I have learnt a lot from the answers people have given,
> being new to DGD myself.
> 
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, mtaylor wrote:
>> I'm sure I've missed loads but I wasn't entirely sure why the kernel lib was
>> so important to use. The above does seem tricky but doesn't sound
>> impossible. With looking at the kernel I'm sure we can work it out seeing as
>> that's how we've coded the connection stuff etc. so far.
>> Or am I being dim?
> I think the point people are trying to make is that very careful thought
> has gone into making the kernel lib, and by using the kernel lib, you are
> saved from doing a lot of trial-and-error attempts at your own 'kernel
> lib'.  Especially if one is not terribly interested in the knitty-gritty
> details, that's where I'd assume the kernel lib helps; at least that's the
> point I think Par was trying to make :-)
> 
> /Troels
> 
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