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    From Blue-Maned_Hawk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 18 06:57:43 2023
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  • From Irene Knapp@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 15 19:10:15 2023
    Belatedly, in the spirit of trying to use Usenet more...!

    Whether it makes sense for any particular game is kind of up to the
    game. Speaking as a programmer, it is nice to have a well-defined
    interface, programs that take the time to think about how to turn the functionality into a clean API are usually better programs.

    Also, depending on a lot of other things, in some cases having a proper
    module loading system might make it possible to write mods in a
    different language than the game itself.

    No idea whether you were still interested in this, but hey, you shouted
    it into the void and all that, so I figured I'd try.

    Irene


    On 1/18/23 03:57, Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:

    ​What's the point of libre video game having modding APIs when, being libre, people could instead fork them or submit patches?


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  • From Pabitra Barman@21:1/5 to Irene Knapp on Fri Jul 21 05:35:45 2023
    On Friday, 16 June 2023 at 07:40:17 UTC+5:30, Irene Knapp wrote:
    Belatedly, in the spirit of trying to use Usenet more...!

    Whether it makes sense for any particular game is kind of up to the
    game. Speaking as a programmer, it is nice to have a well-defined
    interface, programs that take the time to think about how to turn the functionality into a clean API are usually better programs.

    Also, depending on a lot of other things, in some cases having a proper module loading system might make it possible to write mods in a
    different language than the game itself.

    No idea whether you were still interested in this, but hey, you shouted
    it into the void and all that, so I figured I'd try.

    Irene
    On 1/18/23 03:57, Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:

    ​What's the point of libre video game having modding APIs when, being libre, people could instead fork them or submit patches?

    ye

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