Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 01:44:29 -0500 From: Jeff Huo Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: TAN: Qualified? In article , jsn@news.greennet.net says... > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 05:14:25 GMT, Thor wrote: > > >The last programming I "studied" was BASIC back at the dawn of the 80's. > >Unlike BASIC programs, Java seems not to have any line numbers. Are > >there any other major differences I should be aware of? > > Forget everything you ever knew about BASIC. > Literally. Cut it out of your brain with a scalpel, if you must. > You'll be much better off. > "Look! Fifty-three thousand nested GOTO loops!" "So that's why the Orbital MegaDeathLaser nuked Peoria.." "So do we count that as a design flaw or plus?" -Jeff -- Jeff Huo | jeff@starfall.com.nospam (remove nospam) U. Michigan Med | http://www.starfall.com/~jeff New to the group? Welcome! Please read http://www.landfield.com/faqs/sf/robert-jordan-faq/ http://www.starfall.com/~jeff/rasfwrjians2.html