Date: 10:14 pm  Wed Mar 25, 1998       Number : 203 of 204
From: Thext                            Base   : --tab- questions
To  : Hacker Joe
Subj: tabnet.exe

-++ Quoting Hacker Joe to Soema ++--
HJ> I tried to explain the concept of message bases to my coder buddies at
HJ> sfu,  and had to give up.
TH> 
TH> What can you expect from coders?
TH> 
TH> deffunc soul;
TH>   subfunc defiance;
TH>   subfunc attachment;
TH>   subfunc love;
TH>   subfunc hate;
TH>   subfunc appreciation
TH>   subfunc disgust;
TH>   subfunc peace;
TH>   subfunc rejection;
TH>   subfunc apathy;
TH> endfunc;
TH> 
TH> deffunc debate;
TH>   subfunc demolish;
TH>   subfunc praise;
TH> endfunc;
TH> 
TH> def tabbers;
TH> def result;
TH> def objective;
TH> defarray tabbers[35]
TH> 
TH> 
TH> begin tabnet;
TH> 
TH> loadvar "topics.dat" [school, society, religion, philosophy, politics, music,
TH>                       humans, techology];
TH> 
TH> 
TH> while soul.disgust[humans] == TRUE
TH> 
TH> call debate[philosophy];
TH> 
TH> if result == objective then call errorhandling;
TH> if result == religion then
TH>         call debate.demolish[religion]
TH>         if result == FALSE then soul.conflict[society] == TRUE
TH> endif;
TH> if result == FALSE then
TH>         do debate[music];
TH>         loop until soul.apathy[music] == TRUE
TH> endif;
TH> 
TH> call debate.demolish[politics];
TH> if result <> rejection then call errorhandling;
TH> 
TH> call debate.praise[technology];
TH> if result <> conflict then call errorhandling;
TH> 
TH> ; call debate.praise[school]
TH> ; calling any procedure with the SCHOOL variable _will_ result in
TH> ; an errorhandling request
TH> 
TH> if soul.attachment[tabbers] call errorhandling;
TH> 
TH> if soul.conflict[society] == TRUE then soul.disgust[humans] == TRUE
TH> if soul.apathy[music] == TRUE then soul.disgust[humans] == TRUE
TH> 
TH> loop;
TH> end;
TH> 
TH> begin errorhandling;
TH> loadlib "drugs.obj"
TH> call overdose;
TH> 
TH> ; yeah, right.