Noteworthy r.a.i-f Topics Index

This list is intended as a reasonably comprehensive guide of topics discussed in r.a.i-f in the past. At the moment it's pretty rough; only the article number(s) are supplied, with a list at topic for which articles come in which archive. I'll improve it once I get a full list finished. I'll only be listing those topics which seem interesting and had reasonable discussion, so incidental articles like bug reports, new uploads to GMD, etc. will not be listed.

What article range each archivce contains:

arc921120    624- 634
arc921211    635- 751
arc921229    752- 838
arc930111    839- 933
arc930129    934-1000
arc930212   1001-1128

Article Subject Listing:

• Actor Examples (and Related Comments)

  647,668,719

• ADVSYS Related

  628,786,1015

• Computers Writing Prose/Books

  1086-1089,1095-1096,1098-1107,1109-1110,1113,1116,1119-1128

• COOL Related Posts

  1057,1064

• Difficulty Levels

  1108,1111-1112,1114-1115,1117

• Getting Ideas

  877-879,894,897

• Hints

  844-845,848-856,860-865,867,872,874,883,895,898

• The History of Inform

  630,1038

• IF Articles/Adds (and Related Comments)

  980,984,989,997

• Intelligent Assumption

  732,735,737-742,769

• Interfaces

  677

• Modelling Techniques

  673-674

• Memoirs of an A.I. Hacker

  1002,1026,1031,1077

• MUD Related Posts

  1042-1043,1048,1056,1059,1061,1065,1070,1072,1074,1084,1094

• Object Orientation (and OASYS' relation to it)

  873,893,901,904

• Open Ended Game Engines

  757-758,762,768

• Oz Project

  625-627,637,899,911,926,935-6,947

• Parsing (What Words to Use and Recognise)

  702,907-910,915-919,922-924,926,929,931,933,934-935,937,941-942,944-946,950-953

• Searching for a Sense of Wonder (Intersting puzzles)

  670,681-683,685,687-689,693-694,696-699,704-709,711-712,714,717,718,720,
  726-727,729-731

• Seeing Beyond the Current Room

  632

• Standalone ALAN definition file

  999

• Synthetic Actors

  903,905

• TADS - Code Examples

  647,746

• TADS - General

  759,760,763

• TADS - Learning to Use It

  641

• User Creatable Worlds (ala MUDs)

  643-644,648,656,660,665,669,672,675,700

• Walkthrough creation for IF games

  840,841,842,857-859,866,868,870,884,896

• World Simulation

  635,637,653,943,661

• WorldClass' History

  653

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  Paul Gilbert | s9406702@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au