Alright.. I try to consider myself a tolerant person, but... well, to put it frankly, I went two days without checking this mailbox. When I left it last: [ Closing folder INBOX. Saving 37 messages. ] I came on today: [ INBOX folder opened with 209 messages ] .....and, all but 2 or 3 of them were either questions or regarding qquestions that could easily be solved by: (1) checking the docs; (2) playing with the code for a bit; (3) checking the docs some more; (4) reading manual pages; (5) playing with the code for a little longer. Please, people, a request to some of you: If you are serious about implementing a MUD, try to take the initiative and learn C instead of asking people for help constantly. When I started a MUD, I had no knowledge of C at all, and was baffled... I taught myself by hand-installing patches and reading the code, playing with it, seeing what it did... of course, I had to start with stock at the end of my learning, but I'd say I can at least code via trial and error now. Also, a fantastic reference page on the WWW, containing many different C/C++ tutorials... some geared toward Linux, UNIX, others to Win95, Windows, DOS coding. It's all good. http://www.cyberdiem.com/vin/learn.html So, best of luck with your experiences with CircleMUD! I will be staying on the moderated list, and I hope it's all good too... Don't take this message as a flame. Take it as some helpful advice. :) Bri ** P.S. if you wanna reach me about this message or about whatever, ** please e-mail palin@lance.ij.net instead of palin-c .. I ** don't check this mailbox as often as it's just for Circle ** mailing lists. :) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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