[MUD-Dev] [Tech] Functional languages

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Original message: http://www.kanga.nu/archives/MUD-Dev-L/2003Q3/msg00545.php

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:03:32 -0700
Brian Hook <brianhook at pyrogon.com> wrote:

> In my on-going quest to learn stuff while I'm bored and between
> jobs, I've finally decided to learn a bit about functional
> languages instead of just poo-pooing them because they have too
> many parens.

> 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?

Well, I'm a few months late on the draw on this one. A couple of my
friends and I have been working on a mud written in OCaml for over a
year now. It's not nearly complete, but it is playable as a
prototype. I'd like to think that it proves writing a mud in a
functional language is not only possible, but can be fairly
elegant. For more info check out http://mud.rottenvegetable.org/

Sean
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