testin' a theory

Article: 7957 of alt.hackers
From: jfesler@gigo.com (Jason Fesler)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: testin' a theory
Date: 03 Jun 95 09:24:26
Organization: Fidonet: Jason Fesler; jfesler@gigo.com
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Approved: By our loving moderator Kibo
Message-ID: 302_9506030938@gigo.com
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X-FTN-To: oosthoek@cs.utwente.nl
Status: RO

oosthoek@cs.utwente.nl wrote in a message to All:

 oc> ok I will post a small hack, but I won't call it an obhack,
 oc> because I  don't like the principle. I realize that since I
 oc> posted in alt.hackers I  should post a hack to follow the
 oc> charter, but I think the charter is wrong  or inadaqute, if
 oc> an obhack is necessary, the moderator should be modified  to
 oc> scan for it!

Um ....

What moderator?

[damnations!]  Object-Hack:

I wrote a BBS package a long time ago, before object-oriented code became
popular.  I implemented my own form of object-oriented code (with late binding)
by filling in a table with each module's startup code, containing the function
name, the subfunction name (menus, private entries), the jump address, and a
line of help.

The BBS's built in menu editor (or the "RUN" prompt, for the sysop)
would allow
any public (ie, no sub-function name) function to be ran, by name.  The BBS's
menuing functions, would use the subfunction names for the names of each menu
item.  Certain functions (ala, toggle, add, drop, esc, search) simply were
registered multiple times - saving one hell of a lot of code.

Neatest part was, if I simply didn't link a few modules, those features were
removed - no linking issues whatsover.  The few important things that got ran
automaticly, would only run if a given named function existed in the table.

ObHack:  the same BBS was akin to a full-screen CURSES type program for the
entire session with the user, but more oriented to ANSI and Avatar
specifically.  Only redrew what was needed to be redrawn.. :-)

 oc> that would save a quite a bit of bandwidth and frustrations

Nah.  Finding a way to stop the outrageous amounts of spamming going on would,
though.  I'd like to see a better way to handle moderated newsgroups - some of
the spammers are spamming even the moderated newsgroups, much to the chagrin of
their moderators.

Groetjes..
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