Main problem is disk space - ascii pfiles will take up A LOT more disk
space than binary.
And besides, writing a converter utility is a good programming exercise
for the newbie coders :-)
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>From: Sean Butler[SMTP:sbutler@DEVEAST.COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 7:16 PM
>To: CIRCLE@POST.QUEENSU.CA
>Subject: ASCII data files
>
> This has probably been discussed before, but I must have missed it.
>Is there any plan on making a release of circle that only uses ascii data
>files? It seems to me that the length of time it takes to boot the mud is
>not really an issue, since it will spend far more time running than booting.
>(Hopefully :-P) The added flexibility that these files give you is a huge
>gain for someone who wants to make some major changes to the way things work.
>
> What are the cons? Security? Possibly game speed whiel OLC is
>going on?
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