> The response they get: "Smarten up! You're being dumb!" And as true as this > is, in most cases, it's uncalled for. ;)
Sure it is -- A stupid question, deserves a stupid answer.. I remember starting out with mud programming, the first I used was circlemud.. Somewhere buried in that FAQ (that few if any read) is something that should be pretty much included in all documentation I believe.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- First, a Mud is not a learning project. It has thousands of lines to it many of which are obscure and unclear to even moderately skilled programmers. Second, if you are persistent, get a good C reference book and read the code, (how many do THAT before implementing a snippet???), try to comprehend what everything is doing (to some small extent). Mud Experience doesn't help a huge amount. Code experience does. (regarding newbie coders starting up a mud and all). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > Seriously, most of the questions > anymore have to do with "How do I implement this snippet?" That's because running a mud has become child's play (literally) any more. All one has to do is download the code for it, find this snippet or that snippet, or the like, throw it in the mud and whine when it doesn't compile right out of the box.. Few understand WHY it doesn't compile out of the box, or even HOW to get it to compile, fewer still actually try to solve their own problems before sending it to the list, they just simply fire up their favorite email client and write an email to the list (or the author) and try to get them to do their work for them. It goes back to actually UNDERSTANDING what you're doing, rather than throwing a snippet in a mud and getting it to work. > Hmph. Nobody wants to write their own snippet! > Heh, well, that's the truth if I ever heard it. Of course, I've written quite a few, stuff that takes a bit to get implemented in any mud, but WRITING a snippet, well, its impossible. When I write a function for DR, I don't sit and think about whether or not I'm going to snippetize this or that function.. Hell, that's the LAST thing on my mind. Then again, when I do, I usually tend to forget this and that and the other thing where differences are concerned (merc threw everything into merc.h, I've actually gone through and split that up with a LOT of help from the list, etc), so it IS a lot of work to release a snippet (at least for me). All this work to promote someone else's laziness?? Hrrrm... TJW, head tech, Dreamless Realms mud. mud: telnet://drealms.kyndig.com:9275 web: http://drealms.kyndig.com code snippets: http://drealms.kyndig.com/snippets
