[Tinymux] Coinage System

[ian at hfs.dhs.org]

	Lately I've been hearing many gripes (not necessarily all on this 
list) about the way MUX (and most other codebases) handle OOC money, all 
of which seem to be premised on the unsuitable nature of such handling for 
IC money purposes. As it may have already been said on this mailing 
list, OOC money is in no way meant to be used for IC purposes.

	It seems that a number of people wish this was not the case, so I 
propose the following:

	Think about what an IC coinage system should have and do.
	(I.e. Handle multiple currencies? Handle change?)

	Think about what the interface might look like for players.
	(I.e. Just a command to view how much money you have and
		another command to transfer money? Maybe a few
		statistical commands for staff?)
	
	Send me or the TinyMUX mailing list an email summarizing what 
you've thought up. Or if you think this idea is silly, email me and say 
that. :-)

	Once I recieve email from several people I'll write a softcoded 
coinage handling system (should be simple enough) and distribute it 
freely. Perhaps it'll even work its way into MUX and seat itself next to 
SGP. Perhaps it'll even be generic enough to work on PennMUSH and 
TinyMUSH.

	We'll see. :)

--Ian at BrazilMUX