OpenEuphoria

Re: The fate of Euphoria

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Nov 08, 2004
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Kat wrote:

> On 8 Nov 2004, at 0:11, Ferlin Scarborough wrote:
>
>> posted by: Ferlin Scarborough <ferlin1 at bellsouth.net>
>>
>>> And if he does NOT make changes, the language will always be a primitive
>>> LISP wannabe, without even a basic goto or case statement, and Rob won't
>>
>> The CASE statement I can agree with, but I simply CAN NOT stand a program
>> that uses a GOTO statement, that is just utterly uncalled for, there is no
>> need for such a monster that only tends to make you have to jump all over
>> the place, and eventually forget which goto started it all.
>
> The steering wheel in that Civic allows you to drive all over the roads and
> pastures too, i believe you'll want to have all steering wheels outlawed from
> cars. The gas pedal makes it go above the speed limit too, it should also not
> be put into cars. Come to think of it, gasoline was originally a cleaning
> fluid,
> shouldn't buring it in a car be illegal? Just because the steering wheel, gas
> pedal, and gasoline do all these things, they should be eliminated for the
> same reson have personal loss of self control in using goto?

Not anything that is misleading is a comparison. 

>> Although, Rob is welcome to implement a GOTO, but I simply will not ever
>> use it if it is there.
>>
>> But, now the CASE statement, that's another deal altogether. 
>
> Case is just another goto in disguise, like exit().

The whole life is come from and goto in disguise, isn't it? 

Regards,
   Juergen

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