Absolutely John, I have seen some horrific spaghetti with no GO TO's and I
might add that I have also seen some very fine, easy to follow, code
judiciously using the unconditional branch. Of course I've been at it for 40
years so I've seen just about everything.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Clogg [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:39 PM
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> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] GO TO -- scary statistics...
>
> Tracy Pierce wrote (among other things):
> >...you can't make spaghetti code without goto.
>
> Oh yes you can!  I have seen horribly confusing code that didn't (overtly)
> use GOTOs.  I say "overtly" because as I and others have pointed out, it's
> possible to use a PERFORM command to accomplish a GOTO.  As has also been
> pointed out, the PERFORM...THRU is also an excellent tool for creating
> spaghetti code.  If GOTO-less code is written WELL, it is indeed free of
> spaghetti and other forms of confusion, but the idea that removal of GOTOs
> alone is sufficient to accomplish that is a notion with which I can't
> agree.
>
> Regards,
> John Clogg
>
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