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 00:01:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!194.213.69.151!news.algonet.se!algonet!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!news.cybercity.dk!zur.uu.net!ash.uu.net!spool0900.news.uu.net!news0-alterdial.eu.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Nethack! (was): AdaGames Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 10:01:48 +0200 Message-ID: <6g4gaugv9a85i56kvgcgmu4h2jkjprutec@4ax.com> References: <98104da8.0203280310.143a1c18@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0203290613.73b55af4@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.22.27.143 X-Trace: news0-alterdial.eu.uu.net 1017648107 155 62.22.27.143 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21935 Date: 2002-04-01T10:01:48+02:00 List-Id: 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. Anyway I think it would be better to start a rogue from scratch in Ada that try to port NetHack. I've been wishing to find the time to do it (develop a new rogue in Ada, I mean) for years... :( /Lektu