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From: Aewyn labsyn@*********.com
Subject: Programming
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:02:33 -0500
Having just re-read VR2.0, I've got a few questions about programming...

1-to determine the task period for the job, the decker must make a computer
test... am I the only one to think that the computer skill does a little to
much? I mean, it's one thing to be able to use a computer really well and
to be able to navigate the matrix with ease, it's another thing to write
long, complex programs... I've thought about making each programming
language a different skill... would it be a good idea?

2-What happens if a decker wants to innovate a bit and create an entirely
new kind of program?

3-What programs/tools/skills/tests would be necerssary to program games?
What about designing iconography and scultping systems?

Another question, totally unrelated to programming...

Would it be possible for a decker wants to trace another decker's jackpoint
(ie, to do that same thing that trace IC does)? How would that be done?


Thanks,
Aewyn.

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