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From: Lady Jestyr jestyr@*********.html.com
Subject: Programming
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 12:13:13 +1000
>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?

No. (IMO.)

1. The system for computers is abstract enought that different programming
languages have NO impact on how it works. Unless you rewrite the whole
decking system, you can't really shoehorn this in.

2. Most deckers have little enough to do in the average game that
penalizing them further is unfair, IMO. Obviously, YMMV if you have a
decker-heavy game.

Lady Jestyr
~ Hell hath no fury like a geek with a whippersnipper ~

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