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F0O@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> In article <4k4q47w164w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a
> *HUG*) says:
>
>    This segment will match strings that are exactly equal to "everything"
> the current value of AnotherString, or that fall between "nuts" and "soup"
> in alphabetical order
>
>    SELECT CASE AStringVariable
>       CASE "everything", "nuts" TO "soup", AnotherString
>       ...
>    END SELECT

>>That's just
>>   IF AStringVariable = "everything" OR AStringVariable = AnotherString OR
>>      (AStringVariable > "nuts" AND AStringVariable < "soup")
>>   ...
>>   ELSE
>>   ...
>>   ENDIF
>>
>>In other words, the SELECT CASE you mention is just syntactic sugar for
>>IF...ELSE...ENDIF.
>>
>>If you happen to prefer the CASE syntax, in C++ you could write yourself a
>>quick macro.  And if you want to do lots of comparisons like the one you
>>mention, you could write yourself a quick macro in C++, or a function in
>>Modula-2 or Pascal.

   True, it is window dressing.  But this window dressing takes up less
lines(which would be appreciated if you're doing ALOT of comparisons and
it looks cleaner(in my opinion).

[..]

> >>                         It is a fully structured language except for the
> >> fact you can't have nested blocks as in Pascal.
> >That's like saying it's fully object-oriented except it doesn't have
> >inheritance...
>
>    Could be, except I don't use nested blocks very often, so I don't miss
> it too much.

>>Precisely!  Because you don't have the feature, you've never used it. So you
>>don't know how useful and important it is. And then when you move up to a
>>better language, you're trapped in the BASIC mindset.

   Wrong.  I program alot in Turbo Pascal, in which I have used the
nested block feature.  Just that for the programs I write here at work,
I usually don't need that feature.

   Just want to say in closing that no language is perfect.  All have
their strengths and failings; which can differ from person to person.
Basic is fine for some things, C is great for others.  Pick the
language best suited for the task.

                                                   [Tim]