What the... I am confused.. why, why, WHY on earth would you choose Delphi as a mud programming language? It's primary use is for writing Windows programs with buttons and scroll bars etc. That is what differentiates it from alot of more "textish" languages. But with a mud, the actual .exe file has no need for these bells and whistles. Most (all?) mud .exe files don't even bother interacting with standard in, and only interact with standard out to print log messages and bug messages. Since the fancy bells and whistles of Delphi have no counterpart in the telnet protocol, it is utterly pointless unless you are trying to craft a MUD where the admin can control things directly through the main .exe... but since most MUDs are hosted at a commercial place rather than a box, this would be more of a security risk than any sort of benefit