From: usenet.addict@... (addict)
Date: 2002-02-05T12:00:07+09:00
Subject: regexp for "MUD"ding

ultimately, for fun or whatever, i'm thinking of using ruby as a "mud
client" trigger  for a telnet game.  this is a chance for me to get
more into object oriented programming while feeding my game addiction
(of course).

so, any pointers on how to get started on this?  i have some text logs
of game sessions, so i was thinking of using ruby (instead of perl) to
go through those text files and whenever it says "joe arrives," then
on the next line use ruby to type "kill joe," or whatever.  i was
originally going to try this in perl, but i need to learn object
oriented stuff, so this should kill two birds with one stone, right?

i'm proficient with BASIC (learned in high school) and FORTRAN 77, but
i'm at a loss as to how to start this.  i just downloaded ruby, and
plan to get going as soon as possible at home.  even if this isn't the
best tool, i still want to give it a go.


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