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Re: Programming RPGs

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From: je... Jeff Etrick
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 12:24
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>I'm trying to start one with a fiew freinds, Y'know, a PD thing,
Yep, just what we started a few months ago.

>   Let's see.  I would sugest C++ with its object orientated programing.  I
> am envolved with a couple of projects at the moment, of which I am in
> charge of teh RPG
My friends and I picked a new OO language, Ada95. 

>The main thing to remember if you use them is that ANSI C doesn't bounds 
>check arrays for you.
We got tired of looking for these and other problems  (bug seg faults), 
so we switched. Initially the integration is going a lot smoother, I'll send you more
details as we continue, (if you wish)

Also I have a small progam that shows some of the features (Tetris on
MS-Windows)


-- the Ada95 compiler is free if you want info on it
>>This file is a copy of README which is located on cs.nyu.edu
>>in pub/gnat (via anonymous ftp).  It contains information about recent
>>distributions of GNAT.  Followers of GNAT are encouraged to check this
>>file often for news.  This file may be obtained by sending email to:
>>"gnat-sen...@cs.nyu.edu".

Jeff
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From: je...@hathor.CSS.GOV (Jeff Etrick)
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Subject: Re: Programming RPGs
Summary: A new language for RPG
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Date: 23 Dec 94 12:24:35 GMT
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