GoForSmoke:
All a state machine is is a loop that has some/all parts that run on the value of a variable.The rest is in how you do it though keep in mind that any task has a least amount of work to accomplish, it's funny how many people not-think/supposed-to a whole lot of extra steps to do the same job.
Sorry, this doesn't compile:
post 136723.msg1078711: syntax error at " people not-think/supposed-to a whole lot of extra steps"
Please post the code that you're actually using to make this point 