> Neil K. Guy (neilg@malibu.sfu.ca) wrote:
>
> : > [...] (I am thinking in particular of
> : >Acorns, which by the very existence of Curses must surely account for more
> : >than a mere 10f the platforms used for creating IF).
>
> : Doubtful, to be honest. Outside of the UK nobody has ever heard of
> : Acorns. Aside from botanists.
>
> Hmm, Acorns. Isn't that the computer that grows on trees? :>
If only, then everyone would use them, and I would have some nice software
to play with :-)
>
> Personally I think all this arguing is silly. People should write using
> the language that lets them create freely and effectivly. I have a new cdrom
> here (Its an interactive CD-ROM for Jewel Cave National Park. It runs on MAC
> and on PC. A programmer could have written the program, created the
> graphics, made it portable, etc. Except it was created by a Graphic Artist
> using software that allows him to focus on the presentation of the
> information instead of the implementation.
>
> Of course in IF we still have to implement things, but it is alot easier
> than having to write your own parser in 'c' or fortran or whatever.
>
> Brian
Sounds perfectly reasonable. I certainly don't mind how people write their
IF (I hope I havn't given any other impression). Naturally I will only use
software that I can run on my Acorn system, but thats my choice and needent
particularly worry anyone else. I honestly think that when working in a media
where everything is done for you (like IF) portablility should be taken into
consideration if you want others to work their way through your worlds,
however TADS is almost as portable as Z Code and is a perfectly reasonable
choice, as is writing in C (Which can be even more portable than Z Code).
If you do write in Inform, it will make me happier, but to be honest it is the
art that counts, not the media it is done in.
Ben
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