Re: Properly implemented switch-case would be nice ...
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On 7/14/02 11:35 PM, Kenneth Grome mashed the following keys :> Sure, webcat has something named switch-case. But it offers > virtually *none* of the functional capabilities of other scripting > languages ... I will say though, that I for one am grateful that webcat is not C. Overall, they've done a phenomenal job of blending ease of use and power. And I think comparisons like this are a little unfair, and probably a little unreasonable, given that Webcat was never designed to replace high-level programming.I mean, we could all probably do some things better in C or PHP or Perl or Java or Visual Basic(eek)... But jeez, c'mon, it's pretty nice to be able to whip out a site in a day that some other geeks failed to do in a month... Isn't it? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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On 7/14/02 11:35 PM, Kenneth Grome mashed the following keys :> Sure, webcat has something named switch-case. But it offers > virtually *none* of the functional capabilities of other scripting > languages ... I will say though, that I for one am grateful that webcat is not C. Overall, they've done a phenomenal job of blending ease of use and power. And I think comparisons like this are a little unfair, and probably a little unreasonable, given that Webcat was never designed to replace high-level programming.I mean, we could all probably do some things better in C or PHP or Perl or Java or Visual Basic(eek)... But jeez, c'mon, it's pretty nice to be able to whip out a site in a day that some other geeks failed to do in a month... Isn't it? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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