Robert Cummings 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 >:) > > Cheers, > Rob. > Yeah... wet behind the ears... heh...heh...heh :-P -- unheralded genius: "A clean desk is the sign of a dull mind. " ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
