Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver2.jvnc.net!igor.rutgers.edu!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!rutgers!news.cs.indiana.edu!shulick@guava.ucs.indiana.edu
From: "Sam Hulick" <shulick@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: A little exercise in Inform...
Message-ID: <199511050603.BAA24026@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Vallen Software
References: <DHGAyn.B1t@eskimo.com> <GDR11.95Nov3143939@stint.cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 01:03:53 -0500 (EST)
Lines: 27

gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Gareth Rees) writes:
>Fred Sloniker <lazuli@eskimo.com> wrote:
>> ...so, how easy/hard would it be to implement an actor who cares what
>> you call him?
>
>Object  Harry "Harry"
> has    animate
>        ! general if you called him Harry, not otherwise
> with   parse_name [ w;
>            w = NextWord();
>            if (w == 'harry') { give self general; return 1; }
>            if (w == 'harold') { give self ~general; return 1; }
>            return 0;
>        ],
>        orders [;

What's the 'orders' thing anyway?  Can someone explain what it is, how
it works, etc.?

 -- someone who is unable to read the new manual... (due to lack of a
.txt file)

-- 
--- Sam Hulick ------------- shulick@indiana.edu ---------------------
Systems Consultant        | Homepage:
Indiana College Placement |    http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~shulick/
  and Assessment Center   | PGP public key available on request
