[341] in Coldmud discussion meeting

re: read()

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thu Jun 2 21:58:24 1994 )

From: deforest@netcom.com (Robert de Forest)
To: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 18:52:49 -0700 (PDT)

The functionality of MOOs read() function can be written in-db. It has been
 done more than one way, though it's always the same concept. Suspending tasks
 can also be done in-db by means of a task scheduler. Both of these rely on a
 callback mechanism, which is inconvienient from a coding point of view, but
 made the server simpler.

I am under the impression that a future release of the server will have both
 cooperative and preemptive multitasking. This will take care of the pain of
 writing and using a task scheduler. Since read() is simply a matter of
 re-directing input to a buffer until N lines are read or some other condition
 is met, I doubt writing a read() builtin is on the top of the request list.

We thank you for your interest. :)

Crag / Robert de Forest
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