The question was raised as to why would someone want to run Circle under
Windows. One reason is that this provides a good "test environment" for
code changes and new areas. A person can experiment with the code on
their own machine, and if a code change crashes the mud, corrupts player
files or other real anti-social things (which in any programming task, is likely),
then no one other than the coder is affected.
Sounds like a good habit to get into.
The alternative would be to have either a seperate Unix machine (yes, I
know, we should all run Linux rather than MS software), or set things up to
have a seperate test mud on the same machine. Neither are possible in all
cases, particularly if a "commercial" hosting service is used. With a
Windows version, I can run the test mud on my own machine, without
having to dial up an ISP.
Ken Ray
ps: This is my first post to the list, hope the cruddy e-mail software here has
worked properly. My apologies to the group if it has stuffed up.
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