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Re: GO TO -- scary statistics...
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John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
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John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:39:14 -0800
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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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