Joel wrote: > Yes, BASIC is the only programming I have ever done. All I can really > remember was PRINT, GOTO, and a variety of line numbers. I'm trying > to write a text adventure (Don't look at me like that, Perl is a > general purpose language!). I'm getting tired of writing large chunks > of code that I reuse the basic structure of and wouldn't mind an > easier solution. I'll go look up subroutines, allthough GOTO does > just fine for me.
Reminds me of the old saying, "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!". One of the things we all have to do as programmers is invest the time to learn what's in our toolbox. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
