[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Development Strategies [Was Documentation, Usability and Development]

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Raimar Falke wrote:

> About lisp vs c: the lisp solution isn't this easy: when will it be
> called?

This is to be defined,

> How do you prevent that somebody doesn't to an endless loop
> there?

That depends on the API.  E.g. existing client-side AIs cannot do this;
the network protocol doesn't allow them to specify iterations at the
server end.

> How do you prevent somebody from manipulation? Consider this
> under the situation where server variables and rulesets are unified
> and every player can enter extra code for certain units. And there is
> a "if(player_name=='foobar'){hp*=1000;}" well hidden in a 30 line code
> fragment.

Another reason to have client-side AIs only.

-- 
Reinier