On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Jag wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 11:07, Philip Hart wrote: > > Maybe that's part of > > the upgrade the Orb got in the Paths - they rewrote the code in klava... > > Hm.. so you're suggesting that the slow down in execution time with > klava gives the sorcerors more time to gather energy and thus can do > more complicated spells? Remember, the Orb acts to couple the sorceror's brain to the Great Sea. Presumably it runs much faster than even a souped-up human brain and so a slow language allows more precision and hence better spells. I like to think that it was possible to teleport before, but you couldn't allow any memory leaks, and moving 10**30 atoms exposes any missing deletes...