On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 19:46, tedd wrote:
>
> Rob:
>
> Well, I agree with you. I like the cryptic nature of php; and it
> being absent from all the pointer confusion; and I especially like
> the way php handles strings. For me, C was always problematic in the
> string area.
>
> Plus, php linked with MySQL makes for a very complete development
> package that runs on more computers than any other language to date.
>
> The only major problem I see is that it's server-side and thus
> isolated somewhat from user input. I would like to see more user
> inter-reaction and that's the reason I'm investigating ajax. In
> short, I miss the event loop.
>
> Also, while I know how to pass variables by reference (i.e.,
> pointers) to functions, I still wonder if one can obtain a pointer to
> a function? But, I'll find out in time.
Like the following?
<?php
function f_a()
{
echo 'a';
}
function f_b()
{
echo 'b';
}
function f_c()
{
echo 'c';
}
$map = array
(
'a' => 'f_a',
'b' => 'f_b',
'c' => 'f_c',
);
$map['a']();
$map['b']();
$map['c']();
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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