On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:19 +0000, ceo@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> I often thought PHP would be a nice language for a MUD, if one could > >> get the performance out of it... > > > > Design your code such that you can just throw more hardware at it > > whenever you need more performance. > > That's easily said, but a MUD means all the users have to share a significant portion of your data model. > > Though I suspect the bandwidth issue would be the main bottleneck most of the time... Nah, you can run a MUD on most home internet connections these days. It really takes up very little bandwidth. I think our web-based builder eats more bandwidth than the mud itself. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php