[AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

 > You can always just use the Return statement.

THAT is bad programming style.  You should ALWAYS exit through a common exit point so that cleanup 
code can execute.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Max:
> 
> Edsger Dijkstra one of the fathers of programming, was credited with
> eliminating the GOTO and GOSUB use as just bad programming. ;-)
> 
> http://www.creativesystemdesigns.com/projects/relational.asp#edsger
> 
> You can always just use the Return statement. If you functions are large
> enough to require lots of conditional statement maybe it is time to start
> splitting up your code blocks. There was an excellent article that Shamil
> introduced on the subject of coding methods... but I can not find the link
> again. (Age related I suspect)
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:31 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?
> 
> I use GOTO all the time, as in..
> 
> If <condition> then
> Do something
> Goto exithere
> Endif
> Code
> Code
> Exithere:
> Wind up and exit
> Errhandler:
> Etc
> 
> Much easier to read then..
> 
> If <condition> then
> Do something
> Else
> Do something else which is the main coding and stretched on and on.
> Endif
> 
> 
> Dont much care about standards, care more about what works for me...
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
> Sent: 23 June 2009 16:03
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?
> 
> There are always nostalga buffs out there ... LOL
> 
> Charlotte 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 10:06 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?
> 
> I thought GOTO and GOSUB functions were a thing of the past. |-P
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Eric Barro
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 7:17 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?
> 
> Quite frankly I don't see the addition of a GOTO feature to be something
> to look forward to in any programming language. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Kenneth Ismert <kismert at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> If you are interested in Web programming, I would suggest PHP. Per 
>> unit of effort, I think most VBA programmers would get further with 
>> PHP than with ASPX, especially if you are starting out from scratch.
>>
> <snipped the rest>
> 
>> Python or Ruby, and make it a much more expressive language than VBA.
>> * There is an enormous ecosystem of open-source libraries, IDEs, CMS 
>> sytems, and MVC frameworks to choose from.
>> * Projects developed under Windows/IIS should work with little or no 
>> changes under Linux/Apache.
>>
>> PHP Drawbacks:
>>
>> * PHP is a web-specific language. If you want something 
>> general-purpose, use something else.
>> * PHP's libraries are extensive and rapidly improving, but it doesn't 
>> have the monolithic library integration that .NET enjoys with the CLR.
>> * Comprehensive, transparent support for Unicode is still lacking, as 
>> it is with most scripting languages. PHP 6 will rectify this.
>>
>> -Ken
>> aseadvisors.com <http://www.databaseadvisors.com>
>>
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