Board:   [DoveNet] Programming
Subject: Re: C Origins
From:    Digital Man
Date:    Thu May 28, 2026 23:31

  Re: Re: C Origins
  By: fusion to Digital Man on Thu May 28 2026 10:28 pm

 >  DM>  > a lot of that stuff is done for convenience and isn't 'real'
 >
 >  DM> I don't disagree with that. A lot of the convenience is achieve by
 >  DM> following the pattern of legacy BBS systems/software: the path of the
 >  DM> least resistence. Doesn't mean it's "the only way".
 >
 > how hard would it be to assign the node number before and release it after
 > loading any door game? maybe just hide the old node number alltogether and
 > put in a connection number instead (for internode stuff, etc)

You mean for Synchronet or in general? Synchronet uses the node number (and node directory) for all kinds of client-session-specific context (door drop files, temp files, session logs, stats) so that'd be a pretty huge change for Synchronet. If you're writing a BBS from scratch, sure, you could likely design it that way.
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                                            digital man (rob)

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