Re: It's that FAQing Jools again!


10 Sep 1995 08:38:08 GMT

In article <19950908.004110.99@arnod.arnod.demon.co.uk>,
Julian Arnold <jools@arnod.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>More opinions are needed I think. Someone e-mailed me asking that the
>authoring systems section of the FAQ not get too large. I agree, and so I
>thought I might post here and ask which systems do you consider `major', and
>which `minor'? I don't mean to play God with these things; I'm sure they're
>all lovely, *but* the FAQ can't detail all of the current systems, so the
>small-fry only get a mention by name, while the big boys get a longer listing
>(main features, platforms, etc). If you have an opinion on this one don't
>mail me, post it here instead so that other people can comment. Anyhow,
>here's my list:
>
>MAJOR
>-----
>ADL (?) AdvSys (?) AGT
>ALAN Hugo (doing well) Inform
>OASYS (?) TADS

IMHO you can move Advsys, which hardly anynone uses nowadays, and possibly
Oasys as well.

Of course, what should distinguish a "major" system from a "minor" one
is not features, portability etc, but the number of users - current and
present. If I were you, I'd check the if-archive, and include any system
that's been used for more than one or two games among the "major" ones.
Hugo and ALAN are perhaps special cases since they are relatively new.

Magnus