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Re: Holy boop: goto for Java

From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Holy boop: goto for Java
Date	2012-06-04 09:33 -0700
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Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> In any case, Lew, I don't see that this has much to do with "blessed for 
> OO". We're talking imperative coding here, which is what Java 
> programmers spend the majority of their time doing.

That was rather my point. I should have remembered to include a smiley with that comment.

Java culture rests on the axiom that Java is an object-oriented language.  So if something is built into the language, a circular (and therefore obviously flawed) argument would encourage the sort of foolish remark I made. Examining the foolishness leads to exactly what you said.

So, belatedly, :-)

-- 
Lew

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Holy boop: goto for Java markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-03 19:36 -0700
  Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-03 20:03 -0700
    Re: Holy boop: goto for Java markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-03 20:30 -0700
      Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-03 21:17 -0700
        Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-04 07:56 +0200
        Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-06-04 04:28 -0300
          Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-04 00:37 -0700
            Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-04 07:43 -0700
              Re: Holy boop: goto for Java "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 07:47 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 08:17 -0700
            Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-06-04 17:07 -0300
              Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-04 13:17 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-04 14:46 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-05 07:31 +0200
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-05 09:15 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-05 10:51 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-05 10:54 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-06-06 05:58 -0300
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-06 12:11 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-05 23:24 +0200
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-05 17:30 -0400
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-05 20:06 -0700
            Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-07-22 06:37 -0700
              Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesbeck@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 13:27 -0500
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-23 13:23 -0700
          Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-04 09:33 -0700
        Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-06-04 07:26 -0400
        Re: Holy boop: goto for Java "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 07:44 -0700
          Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-04 18:13 +0200
            Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-04 10:23 -0700
              Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-04 10:45 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-04 20:31 +0200
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-04 11:52 -0700
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-04 14:15 -0500
                Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-04 14:52 -0700
          Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-04 10:50 -0700
          Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-04 10:56 -0700
          Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-04 13:05 -0500
    Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-06-04 07:28 -0400
  Re: Holy boop: goto for Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-03 22:10 -0700

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