On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 08:51 -0600, haliphax wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 08:38 -0600, haliphax wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 09:15, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 >:) Well, I may not be decrepit just yet, but I am by no means a whippersnapper anymore. Looking at turning 27 this April. I'm sure some of the more geriatric people in the world still consider me a kid, but I can look at teenagers now and think, "What the hell are they doing that for?" -- // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
