From: Sean Middleditch <elanthis@...>
Date: 2002-02-05T12:14:49+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp for "MUD"ding


^,^  You could help get the Ruby extensions for AweMUD up to par, that
would be great way to learn OO programming (AweMUD is all OO), Ruby to
C++ bridging (AweMUD is all C++), and play with a MUD.  ~,^

On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 22:00, addict wrote:
> 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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