Re: Properly implemented switch-case would be nice ...
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texte = I second this .. if you are after prefect programming syntax, use PHP .. it's based on Perl after-all..> 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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I second this .. if you are after prefect programming syntax, use PHP .. it's based on Perl after-all..> 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/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- 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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