# Minimal.DB

"C. Regis Wilson" (pascal@oxy.edu)
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:21:14 PST

- Messages sorted by:[ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

    >Pascal> The question is, "What is truly minimal?"  Some might
    >Pascal> argue that LambdaCore is minimal.  Others posit that
    >Pascal> ZenMOO (http://www.zennet.com/) is minimal, but which
    >
    >I think the concept here was minimal in the mathematical sense of
    >operators.  Such a minimal.db would have the smallest possible number
    >of objects, and those objects would be as simple as possible, such
    >
    I propose therefore, a core with zero objects.  This fits all your criteria.

    >that a virtual world with evolvable dynamic behaviour could be
    >developed from that minimal.db without recourse to "external" means.
    >
    Oh, in that case, minimal.db is much too minimal.  You would need a core
    that would develop itself, since wizards, programmers and builders are all
    "external" "means".  I wrote an AI program a few years back which I might
    port to MOO.  I could even use it in the upcoming T'Hung'AMOO release.
    I could also release the AI core!  Thank you for the ideas.
    ----------
    T. Pascal, King of Pascal    | "`Mother' is the name for God on the lips and
    4527 Avocado St.             |  hearts of children everywhere.  Morphine is
    Los Angeles, CA 90027        |  bad for you."
    ZenMOO creator and maintainer|    Brandon Lee (R.I.P.) as The Crow
          t_pascal@{{[[cheshire.,bobcat.,bengal.,cougar.],[[cub.,blackcat.,
      cheetah.]math.]]oxy.edu},{[pc4.,pc5-1.,pc3--1.,cub.,zenmoo.]zennet.com}}