This e-mail is just a suggestion, and in no ways a flame. A propose suggestion for newbies and experienced coders: If one has the time, how about an experienced coder takes on a newbie coder under his/her wing. I am not saying to code for them, but to explain some of the logic behind it or explain the logic behind errors. I have not touched the code on the mud of the person that I am helping. At first he would tell me this is the error, and I would give him an idea where to look for the error and explain what the error message means. Now that he runs across that error again, he has a very good idea where to start looking and doesn't need my help with that problem. I have been away from programming for a while and his questions have been testing my knowledge of C. He happens to be a quick learner, so far I haven't had to explain anything more than once. Coding books don't always explain error messages or at least when I was first learning C they didn't. I had to learn C on my own, at the time Comp Sci majors were not offered a C programming class. This is working out great for me, my reason for coding on a mud is to refresh my C skills. I have been away from programming for a while and he has been testing my knowledge of it by his questions. He happens to be a quick learner, so far I haven't had to explain anything more than once and I have been doing this for 1 week now. Don't send me e-mail asking me if I would help out someone else. My time is very valuable. My son comes first and then the mud and tutoring a friend. Area program converters: Anything out there that converts merc areas to circle 3.x? Races: Anyone ever tried adding races to circle 3.x? Please, no flames to the mailing list. I have found that the average age for an implementor of a mud is 19. The average age for a mudder is much younger. I have found a few that are older. I think that is why people are so quick to flame. Just an idea, Jeannette (starnova@radiks.net)
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