Some remark from a stars! player

[Wardad]

I've done a fair bit of programming, in a lab environment that requires a lot feature creeps. I am so glad there are only 2 Users tops!!!

It is a real pain to add capabilities that weren't planned for. Often the added variables have to be passed up and down the subroutine tree. C++ with it's inheritance makes it easier but it's not SE4s language.

SE4 is an impressive one man show.

[Athena]

ahah we now speak of programming language. In which language is written SE IV? From the data files, with keyword like "begin", "end" and even the ":=" it speaks to me as being written in Delphi (or Pascal), but perhaps not... who knows?

saving the turn and being able to reload it was routinely done in stars! The files were encrypted, and all orders were with the client/server philosophy. In SEIV simultaneous turn thats the same thing: you only do requests, no real orders. So what is the real issue in not supporting this feature? Too few people complains perhaps

[DirectorTsaarx]

ISTR reading someplace that SE4 was written in Delphi... maybe on MM's site, or maybe in one of the interviews with Aaron Hall that were floating around when SE4 first came out...

[Wardad]

Naa, he uses NADA, an objection oriented language.