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<HR><H2>Re: regexp...</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wed Nov 17 05:00:20 1993
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To: Lynx &lt;BRANDON@cc.usu.edu&gt;
Cc: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Nov 1993 02:31:52 CST."
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 03:49:34 -0600
From: Adam Harris &lt;harris@cs.uchicago.edu&gt;

&gt; &gt; I'd like to cast a vote of in-server regexp routines.  
&gt; 
&gt; ...cast a vote????  This is Greg's baby, he can make the decisions, no voting
&gt; involved.  What we have to do is convince Greg :)
&gt; 
&gt; (Sorry, with NetrekII that is a peeve of mine--when non-coders decide they 
&gt; can just randomly vote on something and make you do it).

Uh, what makes you think I'm a non-coder?  Anyhow, point taken, I should
have rather said, 
  "I voice my wish that reg-exp coding was done in-server in COLD"

&gt; &gt; Could someone give me a clue on what a "client robot" is?
&gt; 
&gt; It is something on another machine which runs a character.
&gt; 
&gt; I dont understand how Greg would want all automaton's to be clients though,
&gt; what about the hundreds of creepies, merchants, npc's, etc?  Are we just 
&gt; going to reconnoiter our entire campus of computers to run the MUD? :)
&gt; 
&gt; -Brandon

Yeah, I got that.  But as you pointed out, it just doesn't seem to make sense
to relegate automated "text-emitters" to *clients*.  There must be some
equivocation on what a "robot" is, which is why I'm asking the question.
(BTW, I've done a lot of work in AI-like NPCs and in modeling animalistic
behavior, not to mention weather and other "text-emitting", VR-enriching
type of frivolities.)

.......................................................Adam Harris
............................................harris@cs.uchicago.edu
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