It seems that a man named Richie Hindle made a GOTO module in Python as an April fool’s joke. The GOTO construct, which has been quite controversial on whether it creates unmaintainable spaghetti code or a construct to make programming easier. The construct has been around for ages. It has been present in almost all current high-level languages. However, there are some languages that are the exception and don’t have GOTOs, namely Python and Ruby. Well, we can now write off Python to that list

I wonder how Guido van Rossum would feel about this module?

just wanted to share a video i got from a friend =P

This is another video from Group X, which is a band notorious for its satirical lyrics, and the numerous flash animation based on their music.

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It seems that many people have been stumbling on my website also trying to find out how to pass input arrays in just plain PHP. For this tutorial, all you need to have is the basic knowledge of using PHP. I won’t deal with form / input validations too much, but here is how to do it in short and simple steps:

The first step we need to do is create our form which will pass a multi-valued parameter. For example, a checkbox list or a multiple-select list. For our example, we shall use a checkbox list. Here is what it would look like: Read more »

I’ve developed another quick calculator for games. This time its a calculator for the damage modifiers in Pokemon based on pokemon’s elemental types. Just select the defending pokemon’s type combination and it will display the proficiencies of the different elements against it.

Its very similar to one of the built-in pokefetch application in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. The application was done in javascript using the jQuery framework

Pokemon Type Calculator

The PHP official website has just announced an “end of life” statement for PHP 4. What the statement basically says is that development for PHP 4 will only be continued until the end of this year. Support for PHP 4 will basically end this year on December 31, 2007. However, security fixes will still be released for PHP 4 until August 8, 2008.

This will cause a major impact in the current server set-up being used today. Currently, a majority of hosting companies and servers still uses PHP 4 installed by default. Will this cause a shift in the hosting companies to migrate to PHP 5? This year is going to be a turning point for web scripting languages. This will be the perfect opportunity for other scripting languages such as Python and Ruby to finally catch up. Will the balance of power finally shift? Only time will tell