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Off on a wild tangent... I feel like people should be running MUDs on Linode $5/month servers... using xterm.js, websockets, and some back-end. The back-end

Off on a wild tangent... I feel like people should be running MUDs on Linode $5/month servers... using xterm.js, websockets, and some back-end. The back-end I'm playing with is .Net Core, and I'm using async/await to make the code seem more like a normal terminal application. ...and I'm just in love with how LambdaMOO natural language parsing and matching works... But I want to use C#... so I'm implementing verb matching using Method Attributes. And I'm trying to layer that on top of how Inform 6 works... Not using Z-Machine. Or the language of Inform 6... but the declarative style of Inform 6 room and object descriptions really appeals to me. I get that I'm giving up the flexibility of user-created content in a scripting language... ...but if I still allow players access to the GitHub repository for the content... And make it easy for them to stand up test servers... That feels like a decent compromise? I'm not even sure I want to make a MOO... or just a server with single-player Infocom-like Interactive Fiction games...? But this is my hobby project right now.

cmrdporcupine 3y ago
The MOO command parser is pretty meh, TBH, not much there, there (having just recently ported it to Rust, I got to know it a bit...). There were other adventure type systems that had something a bit more involved in terms of (English) natural language parsing. Anyways, have fun :-) You're playing with the fun toys.
- VikingCoder 3y ago
  Can you share details about your Rust port? Do you have direct experience with other parsers that you can recommend? I like MOO because it feels very understandable. The documentation was great.
  - cmrdporcupine 3y ago
    https://github.com/rdaum/moor https://github.com/rdaum/moor (see the thread elsewhere in the comments) command parser & matcher stuff is partially here: https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/tasks/command_parse.rs https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/tasks/c... and https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/matching.rs https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/matc... https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/match_env.rs https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/matc...

cmrdporcupine 3y ago

The MOO command parser is pretty meh, TBH, not much there, there (having just recently ported it to Rust, I got to know it a bit...). There were other adventure type systems that had something a bit more involved in terms of (English) natural language parsing. Anyways, have fun :-) You're playing with the fun toys.

VikingCoder 3y ago
Can you share details about your Rust port? Do you have direct experience with other parsers that you can recommend? I like MOO because it feels very understandable. The documentation was great.
- cmrdporcupine 3y ago
  https://github.com/rdaum/moor https://github.com/rdaum/moor (see the thread elsewhere in the comments) command parser & matcher stuff is partially here: https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/tasks/command_parse.rs https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/tasks/c... and https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/matching.rs https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/matc... https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/match_env.rs https://github.com/rdaum/moor/blob/main/moor-lib/src/db/matc...