SERVER: Verbing properties

"Seth I. Rich" (sir@po.cwru.edu)
Sat, 6 Apr 1996 10:11:35 PST


>> I would argue that this is a good case for either putting property access
>> (property-value-setting) into a builtin (perhaps transparently), or creating
>> strong motivations for programmers to write to your specs.

>Or putting in mutex builtins and a lock for each and every property and make 
>sure people know how to use them.  So, why do you guys want to make MOOcoding 
>inaccessable to anyone but device driver writers?

If you want to do complex programming, you need to have the ability to do so.
My personal preference is to enforce in-DB specifications with minimal support.
If you don't have an interest in complex programming, none of these suggested
changes should have any affect on your MOOing experience.

Seth / Blackbriar
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