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[VANILLA-L:593] Re: Andrew Markiel's article
On May 5, 1:00pm, Dave Ahn wrote:
> Subject: [VANILLA-L:591] Andrew Markiel's article
> After reading Andrew Markiel's response to my article on r.g.n., a thought
> occurred to me...why is it necessary to group observers into the same
> lot as players? Wouldn't it be better to have an observer daemon that
> handles observers only, and leave daemonII/ntserv to handle real players?
> Sure, there would be some overlapping code, but it would be cleaner and
> more stream-lined...
This has been talked about before - specifically for the INL server. I seem to
recall someone built such a beast for the INL finals a few seasons back... or
perhaps it was just talked about.... anyone remember?
Rob
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Rob Lindenbusch
Indiana University High Energy Physics
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http://anthrax.physics.indiana.edu/~lfcrob/