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Syntax: .program <object>:<verb-name>:
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<lines of MOO code>
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Provides or changes the MOO program associated with the named verb on the named object.
This command is mostly obsolete. Use @program instead. The only reason this command still exists is that it is a server builtin command that will continue to work in the (unlikely) event that @program gets trashed ...
This command works differently from most other MOO commands, in that it actually changes how the server will interpret later lines that you type to it. After typing the '.program' line, you are in 'programming mode'. All lines that you type in this mode are simply saved away in the server until you type a line containing only a single period ('.'). At that point, those lines are interpreted as a MOO program and are checked for syntax errors. If none are found, a message to that effect is printed and the code you typed is installed as the program for the verb in question. In any case, after typing the '.' line, you are returned to the normal input-handling mode.