Antiquated Software

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 07:34:48PM -0500, William Randall wrote:
> :if this:then do this ; goto nextchk
> :if that:then do this other thing ; goto nextchk
> ::'Isn't the above a what else if?:
> ::do whatever doesn't fit above:
> nextchk:::
> ::msgbox "I just did 2 elses - maybe 3":
> ::do another:
> ::'sorry, it is 3 elses - maybe 4:
> 
> COntains or NOT COntains works wonders for SELECT CASE
> and
> if you don't know how to do a LOOP in filepro by now you need more help than 
> I have the time to give.
> 
> I'll never understand these complaints about filePro.

Guy Steele, in one of the books he wrote about C:

"If a programmer can simulate a construct faster than the compiler can
implement it, then the compiler writer has blown it *badly*."

I guess anything is faster than "I can't do that", right?

Cheers,
-- jra
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