On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Akuma/Chris Baggett/DOOMer wrote:
> i've been thinking of working on ASCII mail myself. it would make it
> easy to have an email forward address so friends can email you
> from the MUD. of course, this would require a complete rewrite of the
> mail code, b/c it currently works with nothing but binaries.
I did it the hard way and rewrote nearly the whole thing, but it ended up
being much more complex than necessary. See my previous mail for
suggestions.
> has anyone ever wondered if Jeremy has a hang up on structs?
> it kinda makes me wonder, because nearly everything (if not everything)
> in Stock Circle deals with binary files. and in my opinion, this makes
> it hard to deal with a MUD on two different (if not more) platforms.
I could be wrong but I think that's inheirited from diku. It's got it's
advantages.
> moving, etc. the pfile wipes because of additions, the pfile wipes
> due to strings being just a TEENY bit too long. etc.
>
> anyway, i've always wondered that. I'm not real sure of the benefit of
> binaries, but ASCII files are easier to read, easier to FIX, easier to
> move around, and better (imo). of course i don't know if binaries are
> faster or not, but that makes no difference to me, as does the
> mem leaks.
Binaries are easier for your computer to read :) I like having a single
file, too.
Sam
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