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Look at this function:
public void
my_alarm_func(int generation)
{
set_alarm(1.0, 1.0, my_alarm_func(generation + 1));
tell_object(find_player("<your name>"), "Yohooo! " + generation + "\n");
}
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What's happening here? Well, every second an alarm is generated, calling itself in one second. What does this mean? Let's look at the development of alarm calls after the first call:
1 second:
Yohoo! 0 (original call)
2 seconds:
Yohoo! 1 (repeat of 1 sec 0)
Yohoo! 1 (new from 1 sec 0)
3 seconds:
Yohoo! 1 (repeat of 1 sec 0)
Yohoo! 2 (repeat of 2 sec 1)
Yohoo! 2 (repeat of 2 sec 1)
Yohoo! 2 (new from 2 sec 1)
Yohoo! 2 (new from 2 sec 1)
4 seconds:
Yohoo! 1 (repeat of 1 sec 0)
Yohoo! 2 (new from 3 sec 1)
Yohoo! 2 (repeat of 2 sec 1)
Yohoo! 2 (repeat of 2 sec 1)
Yohoo! 3 (repeat of 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (repeat of 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (repeat of 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (repeat of 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (new from 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (new from 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (new from 3 sec 2)
Yohoo! 3 (new from 3 sec 2)
... etc.
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As you can see we have exponential growth here... VERY funny... the game will grind to a halt practically at once! This, if you didn't know it, is so stupid as to be a demoting offense. Is this easy to do by mistake? Well... I've seen it a few times. Often enough to warrant this warning anyway. Oh, try this on Genesis and you're dead meat! Consider yourself warned!
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