[z-machine] Quetzal?

David Kinder davidk.kinder at virgin.net
Wed Apr 18 16:10:40 BST 2007


Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Do most z-machine implementions use the quetzal save-file format?  I
> see docs describing the format, but the docs are pretty darn old.  Is
> queztal the defacto standard now?  Should I implement it in my own
> z-machine?

Yes, most interpreters use it these days: certainly Zoom and all the 
Frotz variants. There hasn't really been any need to update the Quetzal 
spec, which is why it's old: but it's still very useful.

David



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