On 03-01-15 18.55, "Gerald Florence" <septe@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > I have a question. I've come across this in several posts. > Whenever Smaug is mentioned, people react to it with loathing. I > have examined the code base in question as well as ROM and a > few others. I know it's a full featured codebase and I can > understand that as a reason for not to use it. I do know that > Smaug tends to offload majority of their data into files and use > linked lists and various hash tables as opposed to Circle using > arrays. Both do the same thing which is manage data. Both have > their advantages and disadvantages. What I'm trying to understand > is the reason(s) for some people's loathing. I don't loathe it, and I don't think many others would use such a strong word to illustrate their dislike for said codebase. Personally, I do not like Smaug, or other "complete" codebases that come filled with "features" that I might or might not want. By the time I am done with ripping out the features I do not want, and having squashed all the bugs after ripping them out, I have spent weeks on something I could have avoided if I had downloaded a more "generic" type of codebase, like CircleMUD. It's just a matter of personal preference, that's all. Although the fact remains: Smaug, and others, are cumbersome for those that wish to extend and customize the codebase. If you just want to download it, and perhaps write a custom world for it, sure. Regards, /Torgny -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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