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Re: GO TO
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:27:26 -0800
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> In "The C Programming Language" Kernighan and Ritchie, mention that goto is
> "infinitely-abusable" but there are a few cases where it may have it's
> place.

I agree...I use it, sparingly, in my C and Pascal.

A Pascal example and rationale is in:
   http://www.allegro.com/papers/htpp.html


> In C Programming Guidelines, Thomas Plum recommends that the goto statement
> should never be used "for the empirical reason that its use is highly

I'd never hire someone who says "never" :)

Stan
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