[Tinymux] Talking to external code.

[T. Alexander Popiel]

In message:  <20051205162601.EAA5425E88 at mail.muxsh.net>
             "Michael King" <tsal at arikel.net> writes:
>Does it matter that he's spending his OWN time to write his OWN code (in
>C++, as you suggest) that allows for an extension of the functionality of
>this great product Brazil's maintained for us over the years?

No, it doesn't matter, as long as he keeps the patch to himself
and a select set of friends.  On the other hand, if the patch
is generally available, becomes popular, and a public expectation
is formed for MUXes to support this functionality, then yes, it
becomes other people's business, and at that point this is as
good a forum to discuss it in as any.  However, the level of
contentious dialog that has so far been spawned is definitely
premature.

>Not everyone is an expert at Softcode OR C++, and that right there can kill
>any desire to run a Mux.  This isn't an elitist society where you HAVE to
>know softcode or C++ to run one, is it?  Giving people another option can
>only /increase/ the amount of mux's out there - especially if it's an
>/option/ and not /required/.

Perhaps MUX is not the best tool to be used in the cases where
people are not skilled with softcode and/or C++?  There are other
systems that provide similar functionality, after all: LPMud,
MOO, Diku, etc.  Merely increasing the number of MUXes out there
probably shouldn't be a goal in and of itself; it's not like
we're making money off each new instance.  To go a bit further
in my heresy, perhaps softcode is such a bletcherous hack that
it and the servers that run it deserve to fade into obscurity?

- Alex