There are 15 changes made in release 5/9, mostly very minor enhancements
(e.g. putting "look into" in the grammar) and bug fixes. There is however
also one major new feature: a way to group together objects of similar
nature in inventories and room descriptions, so as to compress and liven up
the text. The example game "List Property" to demonstrate this feature
says, for instance,
You can see a plastic fork, knife and spoon, three hats (a fez, a Panama
and a sombrero), the letters X, Y, Z, P, Q and R from a Scrabble set, a
defrosting Black Forest gateau, Punch magazine, a recent issue of the
Spectator, a die and eight coins (four silver, one bronze and three gold)
here.
As ever, suggestions and reported misdemeanours are welcomed.
Graham Nelson
Oxford University, UK