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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 23:11:11 -4
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 28 Aug 97 at 17:28, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 13:28:06 PST8PDT, clawrenc@cup.hp.com wrote:
>
> >10.4 Mobile Reproduction
>
> Oh my GOD.
>
> I laughed so hard reading this, it wasn't funny. To actually write such
> a system so... *tastefully*... must have taken severe restraint, from
> what I know of myself and other programmers.
>
> I do have a minor gripe that there is absolutely no mention or treatment
> of gestation. ;)
>
Well yes. I guess you would have to read the entire document in
context. As a "game" many of the concepts were unusual/odd to say
the least. Lavatory functions are done just as tastefully. ;)
If anyone is interested, drop me an email and I will pass it along
now that JCL has passed it to me. It's around 50 pages (100K) of
specification(?). I would hate to flood all the mailboxes with
this.
I was particulary fond of his attention to flora and his mission
statements.
If anything, I applaud the attempt at "documenting" his system.
Jon A. Lambert