Guy Smith  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On this, I would disagree.  Heaven help me for mentioning structured
>programming methods (lord knows I seldom use them), but it is wise
>to avoid using GOTOs and Globals.
 
Is it wise to force programmers not to use gotos or globals?
 
>The fact that UNIX eschewed structure programming methods for the OS
>should not be a surprise :->
 
Actually, it reflects a design philosophy that tried to keep as much as
possible out of kernel.  Almost all of the so called "globals" in the
MPE C library are in fact private data used by the library.  This state
information could've be kept by the MPE OS if HP wanted it too.
 
> Another instance of being amazed not that UNIX works well (it
>doesn't) but that it works at all.
 
I don't suppose it would be at all enlightning to point out that coming
from a Unix background, I think the same thing about MPE.
 
                                                Ross Ridge
 
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