On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Gary Barnett wrote: > Maybe the word THEM could equal all.IT .. that would seem to cover all > the bases, no? Well, generally, no , it wouldn't cover all the bases, as normally, things like "gauntlets" are implemented as just one object, even though they are actually two. > Eventually I want to integrate a parser at least as intelligent as the old Infocom games, > Zork, Planetfall, Sorcerer, et al. This is more of a long term project, as it will require > a complete intepreter rewrite. If anyone has done this for Circle, and are interested in > sharing your wisdom, I'd like to hear from you! It's been a really long time since I've played Zork or any other Infocom text adventurer. What was so special about the interpreter? I do remember the commas and "and" linking, eg: > get the apple, the sandwich, and the lunch bag That would probably require a new function like generic_find to support that, or a rewrite of the existing generic_find(). -- Daniel Koepke dkoepke@california.com Forgive me father, for I am sin. +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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