From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,41100a78496a4c71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-01 07:04:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Nethack! (was): AdaGames Date: 1 Apr 2002 07:04:08 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0204010704.ed2cd06@posting.google.com> References: <98104da8.0203280310.143a1c18@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0203290613.73b55af4@posting.google.com> <6g4gaugv9a85i56kvgcgmu4h2jkjprutec@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1017673449 32343 127.0.0.1 (1 Apr 2002 15:04:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Apr 2002 15:04:09 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21941 Date: 2002-04-01T15:04:09+00:00 List-Id: Juanma Barranquero wrote in message news:<6g4gaugv9a85i56kvgcgmu4h2jkjprutec@4ax.com>... > On 29 Mar 2002 06:13:44 -0800, dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) > wrote: > >As Nethack is fairly simple, its probably something a single person > >could handle. > > "Fairly simple" as Ada projects go, certainly (< 200K SLOCs). > Certainly is not simple as a Roguelike, in both meanings: it is not > small, and it is not a simple game. Seeing as I had a version running on a 256K Amiga 17 years ago, I'd say *considerably* less than 200K SLOCS. Also "farily simple" compared to its spiritual successor today, DiabloII. It would certainly be very little work to get a basic rev of it up and running, which is what one needs to get a Free Software project rolling. -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html