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

[Gregor Zeitlinger <zeitling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Raimar Falke wrote:
> About lisp vs c: the lisp solution isn't this easy: when will it be
> called? How do you prevent that somebody doesn't to an endless loop
> there? 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.
> 
> This is nothing against this in general. I want to just point out that
> it isn't _this_ easy. And yes you can write shorter programs in other
> languages.
the more I get to know the more I know what I dont...
What your example shows. The API for scripting can only include certain
attributes and certainly not Player_name

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Gregor Zeitlinger      
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