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@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Citation needed
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Users will notice this in low uptime and many crashes.
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Users will notice this in low uptime and many disconnections from the server.
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This is a problem that has existed and been resolved in other industries.
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In the telecom industry solutions to similar problems have been found.
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@ -3213,9 +3213,201 @@ name "sec:Game-Development-Language"
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\begin_layout Standard
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There is only a very limited number of game developers who would like to
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write their games in Erlang, therefore we had to come up with something
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to resolve this problem.
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The main idea was to offer a replaceable module which would introduce a
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interface to different virtual machines which would run the game code.
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to resolve this problem. The main idea was to offer a replaceable module which would introduce an interface to different virtual machines which would run the game code.
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This way a game developer can write the game in his favorite language while
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the server part still is written in Erlang and can benefit from all its
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advantages.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Subsection
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JavaScript
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\begin_layout Standard
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JavaScript has gained a lot of popularity lately, it is used in large projects
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such as
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http://wiki.basho.com/An-Introduction-to-Riak.html
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http://couchdb.apache.org
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\end_layout
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during the writing of the thesis the percentage went up to 19%
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https://github.com/languages/
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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of all code is written in JavaScript.
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The popularity of JavaScript in the programming community, in combination
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with the availability of several different JavaScript virtual machines
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was an important influence in choosing JavaScript as the main control language
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for our GGS prototype.
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are suitable as well because there is a virtual machine for each of them
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which can be
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plugged in
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into our GDL VM interface.
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With help of the
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\emph on
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Java Virtual Machine
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\emph default
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or the
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\emph on
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.NET
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environment it is even possible to run nearly every available programming
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language in a sandbox as a GDL.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Due lack of time we have decided to use just the Erlang <-> JavaScrThere
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is only a very limited number of game developers who would like to write
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their games in Erlang, therefore we had to come up with something to resolve
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this problem.
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The main idea was to offer a replacable module which would introduce an interface to different virtual machines which would run
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the game code.
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This way a game developer can write the game in his favorite language while
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the server part still is written in Erlang and can benefit from all of
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its advantages.
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@ -3257,7 +3449,7 @@ CouchDB
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\emph default
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\begin_inset Foot
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status open
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status collapsed
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@ -3282,7 +3474,7 @@ GitHub.com
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\emph default
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, 18%
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status open
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status collapsed
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during the writing of the thesis the percentage went up to 19%
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@ -3307,7 +3499,7 @@ https://github.com/languages/
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was an important influence in choosing JavaScript as the main control language
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for our GGS prototype.
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\begin_inset ERT
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status open
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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@ -3428,7 +3620,201 @@ The GGS is intended to be used for powering games which have many concurrent
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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When developing the GGS, two main categories of games exhibiting different
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When developing the GGS, two main categories of games exhibitinThere is
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only a very limited number of game developers who would like to write their
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games in Erlang, therefore we had to come up with something to resolve
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this problem.
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The main idea was to offer a replacable module which would introduce a
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interface to different virtual machines which would run the game code.
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This way a game developer can write the game in his favourite language
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while the server part still is written in Erlang and can benefit from all
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of its advantages.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Subsection
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JavaScript
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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JavaScript has gained a lot of popularity lately, it is used in large projects
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such as
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\emph on
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\emph default
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\begin_inset Foot
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status open
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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http://wiki.basho.com/An-Introduction-to-Riak.html
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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,
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\emph on
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CouchDB
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\emph default
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\begin_inset Foot
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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\begin_inset Flex URL
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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http://couchdb.apache.org
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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.
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On the popular social coding site
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\emph on
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GitHub.com
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\emph default
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, 18%
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\begin_inset Foot
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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during the writing of the thesis the percentage went up to 19%
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\begin_inset Flex URL
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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https://github.com/languages/
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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of all code is written in JavaScript.
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The popularity of JavaScript in the programming community, in combination
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with the availability of several different JavaScript virtual machines
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was an important influence in choosing JavaScript as the main control language
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for our GGS prototype.
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\begin_inset ERT
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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\backslash
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nomenclature{
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\backslash
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textbf{CouchDB}}{Database server}
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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\backslash
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nomenclature{
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\backslash
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textbf{Riak}}{Database server}
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
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\backslash
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nomenclature{
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textbf{GitHub.com}}{Social coding website}
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nomenclature{
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nomenclature{
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nomenclature{
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textbf{.NET}}{Software platform}
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\end_inset
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Subsection
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Other languages
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Other languages like
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\emph on
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\emph default
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\emph on
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ActionScript
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\emph default
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are suitable as well because there is a virtual machine for each of them
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which can be
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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plugged in
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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into our GDL VM interface.
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With help of the
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\emph on
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Java Virtual Machine
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\emph default
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or the
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\emph on
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.NET
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\emph default
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environment it is even possible to run nearly every available programming
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language in a sandbox as a GDL.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Due lack of time we have decided to use just the Erlang <-> JavaScrg different
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performance demands were identified; real-time games and turn-based games.
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The real-time games were deemed more demanding than the turn based games.
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Tests were carried out using a real time game, since this is the more demanding
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