[MUD-Dev] [Tech] Functional languages

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:51:12PM -0400, Brian Hook wrote:

> Since it seems like a MUD server has been written in every
> conceivable language out there, I was looking to see how one would
> do it in a functional language like Haskell, Scheme, SML, OCaml,
> etc. and I haven't been able to find a single one.  Like, ever.

> Anyone know if such a creature exists, and if not, why not?

I've come across a few MUDs written in Scheme, at least (though, it
might be worth noting that the `functional-ness' of Scheme is
somewhat debatable); there's a list of them on this page on the
TUNES web-site:

	http://cliki.tunes.org/Scheme

I haven't seen anything that I'd call a `pure-functional MUD', yet,
though I've been thinking lately that FP might actually fit MUDs
quite well. Maybe I'll develop that thought to the point where it's
actually useful after I get some more time and inspiration....

I -have- seen some references to LogiMOO (though I haven't yet read
much detail about it), which is based on an extended Prolog, and
`logic-programming' seems to be closer to functional programming
than to anything else.... Maybe someone who's more well-read than I
can comment on that.

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