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            <description><![CDATA[...   saying you're interpretation is wrong here but I didn't know this was a   focus of <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b>. To me the "publishing" side IF would involve more than... (not just IF here) is   not on all those different systems that <b>Inform</b> can run on. (I don't know too   many people on an Acorn or...original poster, but in a wider context. I'm not just saying that the "<b>flow</b>   of <b>rules</b>" is <b>flawed</b>, I think the approach ...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[......@<a href="http://netnews.net" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">netnews.net</a>> wrote:  This is exactly what I find often happens with <b>rule</b>-based systems. I know  that's like a major generalization but I ..., time will tell.    Personally, I really like the <b>rule</b>-based approach of <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> and find  it a good fit for IF... I fall into the first group,  and part of the reason I think <b>rules</b> work well in (that sort of) IF is  that the interesting effects happen in ...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[...t update Glulx interpreters because everyone's making   games for Z-machine anyway; everyone keeps making Z-machine games, because   no one's updating Glulx interpreters. (If <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> really wants to start   forcing this, make Glulx the default option. Or, heck, take away the   Z-machine option entirely -- unless the user switches some...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[...per quantity of cool stuff in a given game is  also, I think, a <b>flawed</b> strategy.)  So maybe making a customizable "error" ... sort of brings this back to <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> and my comments about its overall  design. I think a <b>rule</b>-based system in... talk  simultaneously about multiple aspects of what the program is doing:  things like       <b>Rule</b> for printing the name of the fish when taking inventory: ...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[...heard people level the same complaints against <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b>. The natural   language can allow people... to deal with the mechanics of the conversation  code is likely to lose the <b>flow</b> of the dialogue, with the result that  the things said will be stiff....)    Considering this with conversations and stuff like you're talking about,   here's how I see the <b>rules</b>: <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> (as a <b>rule</b>-based system) consists...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[...not saying you  need to know <b>Inform</b> 6 to use <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b>. But I'm saying that it's design  (perhaps ...time writing conversation, even as it handles  sophisticated state <b>rules</b> about which conversation can be spoken  when.    The effect of such a system ... to deal with the mechanics of the conversation  code is likely to lose the <b>flow</b> of the dialogue, with the result that  the things said will be stiff...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[..., but I  think you're perhaps seeing only a slice of what's going on.    I definitely agree that some of the problems in <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b>'s design stem  from a too-literal adaptation of the behavior ...more  friendly to novice writers who were looking for more complete control  over the <b>flow</b> of their prose.    On the other hand, I did want to have something out there to address  the frustration I was hearing...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[..., I realized I could think the situation through by thinking   of how I would have to do that answer in <b>Inform</b> 6. So I'm not saying you   need to know <b>Inform</b> 6 to use <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b>. But I'm saying that it's design   (perhaps understandably) is...of a system such that you can intuitively craft   solutions with it is another. I've found that <b>rule</b>-based systems tend to run   into stumbling blocks in ...<br><br>
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            <description><![CDATA[On Dec 29, 9:19 pm, "Tatiana" <emailbloc...@<a href="http://netnews.net" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">netnews.net</a> wrote:  To me <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> is  a system designed by people who knew <b>Inform</b> 6 and designed for people who  would, at least at some level, know the limitations and constraints and  structures of <b>Inform</b> 6. (I know that wasn't the intent, but that's certainly  how <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> appears to me.) Plus this way the designers can see what things  ...<br><br>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:51:59 CET</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[... about harnessing the ideas of the   collective community that actually want to use this thing. To me <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> is   a system designed by people who knew <b>Inform</b> 6 and designed...   would, at least at some level, know the limitations and constraints and   structures of <b>Inform</b> 6. (I know that wasn't the intent, but that's certainly   how <b>Inform</b> <b>7</b> appears to me.) Plus this way the designers can see what ...<br><br>
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