Ruby

[Saffire]

How is Ruby for MUD programming, Justin? I've never coded in Ruby and I'm very curious. I've heard nothing but good things concerning MUD development in Ruby. I took a look at TeensyMUD a little bit yesterday as well. It seems to be fairly nicely done. And Jon Lambert's 15 line Ruby MUD server is definitely quite impressive! I may have to learn Ruby soon.

-Saffire

[Justin]

Well, Ruby is great for any programming that I have had to do...I know there are some areas in which Ruby might not be the best choice, but thankfully I have never had to deal with them.

As far as MUD programming, I can't really compare it to anything else (because I have never done this before), but I have had no issues with it. I was able to get up and running pretty quickly using GServer, which is in the standard library. That took care of all the networking stuff for me, though I am now switching over to EventMachine instead.

The hardest part, really, is just the design. The programming itself is pretty easy once you know what it is you want it to do!