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Re: JConq
At 07:17 PM 2/8/2002 +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:51:58AM -0500, lduperval@microcelli5.com wrote:
> > > So if you want to port xconq to java, I would encourage you to give it a
> > > try. I doubt the result would be much better than existing versions,
> but I
>uhm i gave it a try.....
>2-3 years ago, maybe you remember...
>i wasn't able to come up with a scema to draw the hexes and all the
>layers above them with reasonable CPU and memory consumption....
Yeah, I remember talking with you when you started out and while I am not a
UI person I could see that memory was going to be a real killer for the
code you had at the time. I didn't have any answers for a better approach
and I'm still scratching my head on this one.
> > > could be wrong, and the proof is in the pudding. However, changing
> the grid
> > > seems to me like an unnecessary complication. It is not this part of
> xconq
> > > that needs to be fixed, it is the network code.
>yeah....
>a true server client design is needed....
>
> > So what exactlky *is* the problem with the net code. Is it the code itself?
> > Is it the design? Is it something else? Is it so incomprehensible that it
> > should be rewritten from scratch?
>design IMHO....
>the server part should be completely extracted from the client...
As Martin Fowler would say, it's time for refactoring :-) My problem is
that I'm not willing to do that in 'C'.