>>If you're a new implementor on a MUD, it's _essential_, if you don't >>want to screw everything up, to have at least a basic knowledge of C. >>People will tell you time and again that it's _not_ a good idea to >>use MUD source as a learning platform for C. >I've heard it time and time again and I just want to state that that is the >way that I did learn. There is a little clause that should be added on to >that statement: "unless thou art a coder of other languages and doth have >the experience to adventure forth in the realm of multi-platform coding >whereby which thou mayest utilize thine knowledge towards a new goal." I agree... I'm using MUD source as a tool for teaching me C and I'm really not finding it that difficult. I've only been doing it for about 2 months, but I do have a years VB beforehand. If I was learning C from scratch, then to do it this way would be dauuuuuuuuunting..... Andy +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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