[z-machine] Z-Machine Standard 1.1

[David Fillmore]

David Kinder wrote:
> David Fillmore wrote:
>   
>> The last draft of the Z-Machine 1.1 proposal was made available back
>> in 2004. Since then, it has failed to be updated, despite a few
>> suggestions from people on this list. Is anybody still maintaining
>> this? I feel it would be a good idea to fix any remaining problems
>> and make a final, official Z-Machine Standards Document 1.1.
>>     
>
> Some time ago Graham persuaded me to change the version on the archive 
> from "draft 9" to "final", so in that sense it's final and official. As 
> I recall it wasn't changed between draft 9 and final, as for draft 9 
> everything that people had argued about had been removed.
>
> I think the result of the whole Z-Spec 1.1 thing was that there wasn't 
> any particularly good way of reaching any sort of consensus, so the 
> debate just went round in circles. We could start thinking about a 
> Z-Spec 1.2, but I suspect that the same problems would result. It's also 
> noticeable that I don't think any game has used 1.1 features, so I'm a 
> bit unconvinced there's much demand.
>   
Well, I don't recall any announcement to the effect of "This is the
final, official version of the 1.1 specification".
It may be that other game writers also weren't aware it was stable
enough to be used. As for not reaching any consensus on
the sound, well, that was largely my fault. That's why I've suggested
this new idea, which I think lets me have the control
I wanted whilst still keeping the different types of sound in different
channels, which other people wanted. I'm not going
to push hard for this at the moment, but if I ever get anywhere with my
next major game, it's going to require better sound
than the Z-Machine currently has.

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David Fillmore