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Re: Holy boop: goto for Java

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On 6/3/2012 11:03 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> On 6/3/12 7:36 PM, markspace wrote:
>> Just looking for an extended answer to an earlier question (strings in a
>> case-switch statement), I found this on Joe Darcy's blog:
>>
>> "Summary
>>
>> "Provide the benefits of the time-testing goto control structure to Java
>> programs. The Java language has a history of adding new control
>> structures over time, the assert statement in 1.4, the enhanced for-loop
>> in 1.5,and try-with-resources in 7. Having support for goto is
>> long-overdue and simple to implement since the JVM already has goto
>> instructions."
>>
>> <https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/upcoming_jep>
>>
>> Holy booping bat boop Batman!
>>
> Check the date of that article before getting to excited/disappointed ;-)

When I first saw that article, I got as far as posting it in an IRC 
channel [without context] before I realized it was an joke. Fortunately, 
I realized the joke before any discussion started up around it :-P .

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not 
tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

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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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