Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE United Kingdom and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoneduc.com First published 2003 Rudy Rucker 2003 The right of Rudy Rucker to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise , without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. The programs in this book have been included for their instructional value. They have been tested with care but are not guaranteed for any particular purpose. The publisher does not offer any warranties or representations nor does it accept any liabilities with respect to the programs. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Pearson Education has made every attempt to supply trademark information about manufacturers and their products mentioned in this book. A list of the trademark designations and their owners appears on page xxiii. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rucker, Rudy v. B. (Rudy von Bitter), 1946 “ Software engineering and computer games / Rudy Rucker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 0-201-76791-0 1. Software engineering. 2. Computer games ”Programming. I. Title. QA76.758 .R83 2002 005.1 ”dc21 2002074649 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 07 06 05 04 03 Typeset in 9/12pt Stone Serif by 35 Printed in Great Britain by Henry Ling Ltd., at the Dorset Press, Dorchester, Dorset |