[futurebasic] Re: Computed GOTO or GOSUB?

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From: Laurent SIEBENMANN <lcs@...>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:22:58 +0200 (MEST)

Bryan,

 >      Client(i).return = 57;
 >      Goto Process;
 > ReturnLoc(57):

 > In the previous discussions in this thread I
 > just don't see how something like this would work.


    Surely FN ... USING offers equivalent power in FB^3 - as 
it did in FBII. If you don't need mind-boggling speed that's a 
good way to go. 

    Back in the days of FBII, CALL offered (if my memory serves) 
a fast high-level computed/assigned GOSUB as tedd has often 
advertized. But Hayden and I have not yet gotten that working in 
FB^3; maybe tedd has? 

    If you need max speed, then reread Bojanic's letter (that I 
quoted) and pray to the gods for a suitable scrap of inline PPC 
assembly language.

    I see not the slightest reason for which fast computed GOTOs
could not become a *standard high level feature* of FB^3. 

Cheers

Laurent S.


PS.

 > you know, retired = Really Tired  when you are  ...grunt laborers, 
 > and cleanup crew.

LOL;))