Well, it's the stems that do all the work.
Brian Nielsen
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:56:47 -0400, Howard Rifkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Yep...I was thinking about the SELECT instruction also.
>>> Brian Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/7/2008 5:51 PM >>>
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:26:50 +0000, Chip Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In fairness, your problem is not caused by unfamiliarity with formal
>logic, but mere lack of clarity.
Brings back memories of the obfuscated C contest. Some of those entries
=
were brilliant.
>If I might suggest an alternative so far overlooked:
And here is another (obscure) alternative that also allows phrases and =
synonyms without complicated logic tests:
/* */
_.=''
_.y='Y'
_.ye='Y'
_.yes='Y'
_.okay='Y'
_.please='Y'
_.maybe='Help'
phrase='I GROVEL BEFORE YOU TO PERMIT IT'
_.phrase='Y'
phrase='YOU ARE CRAZY IF YOU THINK I WANT TO DO THAT'
_.phrase='N'
say 'Should I do this?'
pull answer
SELECT
WHEN _.answer='Y'
THEN say 'I will do it'
WHEN _.answer='N'
THEN say 'I will not do it'
WHEN _.answer='Help'
THEN say 'RTFM and make up your mind'
OTHERWISE say 'Invalid answer'
END
Brian Nielsen
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