[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [Patch] Make get_city_*_bonus public

["Ross W. Wetmore" <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you are confusing the prerequisites to build something
with a dependency to run it. The latter just leads to absurdities.

Once an improvment is built, it does not depend on others to 
provide its effect. It may get bonus effects because of others,
but it never loses its basic capability, or its upkeep cost if
they go away.

 ... but that is in the *real* game.

Cheers,
RossW
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At 10:43 AM 02/05/06 +0100, Ben Webb wrote:
>On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 09:51:14PM -0700, Raahul Kumar wrote:
>> --- Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >    Seems pretty reasonable to me, at this level of simulation, though.
>> > A real-life university isn't much use without a library, for example.
>> 
>> Really? I've noticed most universities don't really depend on libraries,
they
>> tend to have their own very extensive collection. It's certainly not the
case
>> that banks rely on marketplaces, or mfg plants on factories.
>
>       I said "at this level of simulation". I'm assuming that a
>Freeciv University uses a Freeciv Library, rather than incorporating its
>own, hence the dependency. Obviously the simulation is incomplete; after all,
>you can't build schools to teach your citizens to read in the first place...
>
>       As far as banks go, a significant proportion (most?) of their
>dealings are with corporations. At this level of simulation, I'm assuming
>that corporations are represented by the Marketplace. And so on.
>
>       Ben
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