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    visual assist isnt a sreen shot program travis, its a program to make visual c++ all colorful and pretty like.

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    Originally posted by Perspective
    visual assist isnt a sreen shot program travis, its a program to make visual c++ all colorful and pretty like.
    Visual C++ 6 that is? What's so colorfull on it?

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    tools----options----format

    all the pretty coloring u need.

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    Down at the processor level, the only jump function is GOTO (JMP, BRANCH, call them whatever you want, they're still GOTO:s ). No do/for/while loops exists, they are buildt upon goto:s.

    GOTO is only bad in the wrong hands. You can screw up the stack if using it incorrectly.
    I've never used goto. Never needed to, since the other loops are enough.
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    Originally posted by Magos
    GOTO is only bad in the wrong hands. You can screw up the stack if using it incorrectly.
    I've never used goto. Never needed to, since the other loops are enough.
    You won't ever have to resort to GOTO, There are enough
    alternatives, The only arguments encouraging GOTO's are
    that they're easy and fast, But i'm doubting on the fast part,
    Is the difference really that big worth using an ugly statment
    for?

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    Originally posted by Travis Dane
    You won't ever have to resort to GOTO, There are enough
    alternatives, The only arguments encouraging GOTO's are
    that they're easy and fast, But i'm doubting on the fast part,
    Is the difference really that big worth using an ugly statment
    for?
    if the other option to break out of a nested loop is to change a variable in memory, then an unconditional jump using a goto will be a little quicker.

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    tools----options----format

    all the pretty coloring u need.
    That doesn't do syntax highlighting, or at least not as much as visual assist. va keeps track of all variables and makes sure you've spelled everything correctly too and it underlines them when they're wrong, it also highlights corresponding brackets so you know if you have enough in nested loops and what not

    its a really good proggie, try her out

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    Originally posted by Silvercord
    That doesn't do syntax highlighting, or at least not as much as visual assist. va keeps track of all variables and makes sure you've spelled everything correctly too and it underlines them when they're wrong, it also highlights corresponding brackets so you know if you have enough in nested loops and what not

    its a really good proggie, try her out
    hmm think i will, thnx for the info.

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