Re: GOTO's

From: Pig Bladder (pigbladder_at_neodruid.net)
Date: 01/19/05


Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:09:40 GMT

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:20:32 -0800, John Larkin wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:36:33 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
> <g4fgq.regp@ZZZbtinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>GOTO's are a positive menace. Any language which allows them is a disgrace
>>to mankind's considerable acheivements in that direction.
>>
>>They constitute abandonment of essential discipline to complete chaos in
>>program structure. Helpful only to lazy, soltitary, so-called programmers,
>>obtaining money under false pretences, who are unable to remember what its
>>all about the next day. But GOTO's are wicked, useless, obstructions to
>>bug-finding and maintenance operations carried out by poor unfortunate later
>>workers who get all the blame for the enormous costs involved.
>
>
> Oops, I guess I scooped up about $40 million under dishonorable
> conditions. I should give it all back, I suppose.
>
> John

How'd you like to swing by Whittier, and spill 0.1% of it?

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