[DGD] call_out vs heart_beat

[Kirk Turner]

The current thread about running commands every 5 minutes has reminded 
me of a question that I have about dgd.

I first started coding on a heaven7 mudlib clone running on the lpmud 
driver. In this system all objects can have a heart_beat, which, when 
the object is registered as having one, gets the heart_beat function 
called in the object every heartbeat (which was a configurable time, 
default of 2 seconds). Call outs exist as well, but having a recursive 
call_out was frowned upon, because it was ineffecient.

Anyway my question is, why doesn't dgd have a heart_beat system? Are 
recursive call_outs now more efficient or is there another reason? Was 
the heart beat system just way too confusing and more hassle than it was 
worth?

Thanks,
Kirk

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