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Rick Smith (rick@tsa.net)
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 07:07:50 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 07:07:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rick Smith <rick@tsa.net>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] Chat Rooms
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960903070432.7994A-100000@center.tsa.net>

> Are people actually using database transactions to build chat rooms?
>
> This is not an efficient use of system resources. mSQL is not a general
> purpose IPC mechanism, rather it is a database server. It is utterly
> unsuited for this purpose.
>
> There is, on the other hand, a great deal of freely available source code
> which does efficiently do what you are trying to do, among which are IRC and
> the DikuMud.

I would NOT recommend Dikumud for a social chat environment. AberMud
code is a LOT easier to understand and modify, and MUCH more social in
nature than any other mud code. I run one...I oughta know ;) If you'd
like to see an Abermud in action...purgatory.southeast.net 2112 ...
telnet there. I'm developing a version of it for my service and my
customers that will be purely social...no fighting code or anything like
that included.
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