ROM (Rivers of Mud) is one of the more popular flavors of MUD code. It is a very ugly, kludgy peice of work that we all love anyways. It provides good stability and a place for you to start on your brand spanking new mud. Despite the inherent difficulty in coding ROM, dozens of new muds crop up every day and post messages to the mailing list about why they get errors when they type make. If ever yhere was a need to say read the FAQ, it's right then.