Re: Re: if elseif elseif elseif....

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 08:51 -0600, haliphax wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 08:38 -0600, haliphax wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: > >> > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 09:15, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I remember the internals debate about 2 or 3 years ago. I was on the pro > >> >> goto side... it does have uses when used properly. > >> > > >> > I wholeheartedly concur. The first programming language I taught > >> > myself was BASIC about 23 years ago. We may never see the inclusion > >> > of GOSUB in PHP, but GOTO is certainly worthwhile. > >> > > >> > > >> > Side note: I wrote a BASIC interpreter in PHP about two weeks ago. > >> > Talk about fond memories. > >> > >> QuickBasic (actually QBasic, and then later QuickBasic when my mom > >> shelled out the money for me to buy it) was my first language. I > >> remember being completely flabbergasted when I found out they packaged > >> an interpreter with DOS, and it had been under my nose the whole time. > >> I think my first "finished" program was a D&D character generator. > >> Basically, just colored and formatted text with the output of 6 or so > >> random number generations. > >> > >> Meeeeeemoriiiieeeeees... :D > > > > I did Basic on the TRS-80 and saved my programs to a big clunky audio > > tape drive... 1... 2... 3... queue Tedd with rocks :) > > Oh, I'm not even trying to pretend like I'm half as old as some on > this list. I still chew my own food, thank you very much. ;) > > (All in jest, of course... But some of you are pretty old. Ha!) I just turned 35... today... that's young by the standards of a 70 year old >:) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP