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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Love/hate AGT v1.83 [was Super AGT]
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Stephen Griffiths (stevgrif@moc.govt.nz) wrote:
> not all text adventures projects need to be able 'to do anything with 
> text' so a language that _can_ 'do anything' is overkill for some people 
> (me for example!) who don't have the advanced programming skills required 
> to utilise Inform and TADS.

> I think there is a place for IF languages that emphasize ease-of-use over 
> power just as there is a place for the super-powerful IF languages that 
> more ambitious IF authors require.

I think that ease-of-use is not an opposite of power.

I also think that whenever I've seen a programming language that was 
designed to emphasize ease-of-use over power, it failed at both.

--Z

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