Re: It's that FAQing Jools again!


Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:54:04 -0400

Allison Weaver <aweaver@nova.umuc.edu> writes:
> On 10 Sep 1995, Robert A. Pelak wrote:
> > Which brings me to a potentially controversial point: should the FAQ
> > list recommend some systems over others. I beleive that it should. I
> > think it would be a disservice if readers of the FAQ if they came away
> > with the impression that writing a game in figment would reach as large
> > an audience as a game in TADS. How to choose which systems to
> > recommend is difficult. I think my choices are apparent. Anyone else?
>
> We have a TADS/Inform comparison paper. Could the IF FAQ simply list the
> various systems with some pertinent info (available on which computers
> systems in general, current support by system author(s), etc) and then
> refer to a system FAQ like the TADS/Inform comparison that expounds on each
> system? Would current authors and porters be willing to contribute to
> a second FAQ of this type? Would users of systems no longer supported be
> willing to describe those systems?

Here I am sounding like the Black Angel of Interoperability again,
but... The most important thing to list in the FAQ is support level.
If you choose an authoring language that's hard to use, you'll rapidly
catch on. If you choose an authoring language which produces games
that can only be played on your IBM... that's what you'll do.

--Z

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."