OpenEuphoria

short circuiting

• Posted by Monty King <boot_me at GEOCITIES.COM> Jun 25, 1998
• 502 views

Hi,
    TWO CENTS TO FOLLOW: (be forwarned)
     I haven't really been following the short circuiting thread very much,
but I can tell you that what I have seen of it doesn't sound too great.  I
really wish all of you "C" programmers out there would quit trying to turn
Euphoria into C.  I have a real hard time as it is trying to understand the
structures, etc that the new additions have added to Euphoria, although I
admit that I like what the new stuff brings...
    But as far as logic goes, I like the way it works now.  If I WERE
registered, all of the problems that I encounter now with solving coding
errors would dissapear and my programs would work fine.  As it is, if I run
into a problem, I eventually solve it, (usually with a wait_key statement, a
puts(1,"made it to this point!") and and abort(1) )and then it DOES work
fine as is.

    My point is, if it adds a functionality that we don't have now, then add
it if it doesn't break the existing logic flow of programs... because I want
to be able to do what I need to do, but I don't want what is here now
changed.  The fact that I don't understand half of the letters that were
written about it, tells me that it adds a cryptic quality to code that is
not understandable by everyone.
    I know I am not dense...merely sometimes under educated and informed
(which I try to remedy)
    Sorry if I have offended anyone, but I am not trying to.
Monty in Oregon