1. Re: 2.6 feature request: foreach (off topic)
- Posted by ags <eu at 531pi.co.nz>
Jul 16, 2005
Jason Gade wrote:
>
> ags wrote:
> >
> > Kat wrote:
> >
> > > LOL!!
> >
> > Um, I'm not sure what your point is there... but I'm just saying that all
> > this "my language is faster/prettier/freeer than yours" stuff is a bit
> > pointless. You use the right tool for the job, and often that doesn't equal
> > speed or efficiency it equals getting the job done quickly and as error
> > free as possible. For me Euphoria/win32lib fits the bill nicely for Windows
> > apps, Perl or sh for scripting, and PHP or Perl for CGI.
> >
> > Gary
> >
>
> I believe that what Kat means is that she is often accessing multi-gigabyte
> files and
> her work is often slowed down by using swap when the OS or process runs out of
> physical
> RAM. Of course her problem would be exacerbated if she were using another
> high-level
> language, but the fact that sequences of integers are at least 4-times larger
> than
> strings of bytes (chars) bugs her to no end.
>
> That and the lack of goto.
Well fair enough then. We all have different needs and circumstances.
Something I'd also like to point out in the current language battle...
I'm against goto though, unless it's restricted to a block, ie
not allowed out of a procedure, function, or even a for loop.
IMHO :)
Gary
