Eduardo Gutierrez de Oliveira wrote: >On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Jack Wilson wrote: >>...I suspect a lot of the irritation that has come from imps >>is the result of people asking questions that clearly indicate they >>don't understand C. > >This is ridiculous (not flaming here, just commenting), this list is >here for mud administrator (if I am wrong let me know), not just >coders, that means that someone without any kind of C knowledge at >all could post a question regarding obj, wld, shp, mob or zon files >and would be completely ON-TOPIC (just as the earlier question about >Elven Woods), I think trying to limit the list to C coders only >because you know C already is kinda discriminating, a lot of people >start their muds not knowing a thing about C and either learning on >the way (the way I did) or trying to find a coder to help them out >modify the source. I disagree. (Not flaming either.) Your last phrase reveals the real way people can get help if they don't know C: offer implementor positions to people who *do* know C. It's a win for everybody - the implementors get positions of influence; the MUD admins get cool and original code; and there are fewer "what does a function undeclared error mean?" questions on the mailing list. I suggest "if you don't know how to code, find someone who can and make them an implementor" should be part of the FAQ, actually. >I agreee that coding is the best way to modify a Mud, but it should >be noted that it is not the only way, and if this is a C-on-circlemud >list only I'd like to know it. It's certainly not :) Which is why I think a lot of people would be glad to see the number of really basic C questions on the list reduced. I was a newbie once, too, and I got the bejeezus flamed out of me for wasting other people's time with "dumb" questions. Now, while at the time I felt this was really unfair, eventually I came to see that it is a lot more efficient to learn things on your own than to get the world at large to tutor you. Just my thoughts. > I did like the reference and probably will get the book tho'..:) > > Greetings and salutations > > Mythago > MythagoMud > 148.207.20.1 4000 (soon to reborn) Bye Jack/Vanamonde
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