Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!uio.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.191 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.70; '*S*': 0.08; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'phone)': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'pfxlen:0': 0.19; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; '>': 0.26; 'somewhere': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; '[2]': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'subject:the': 0.34; "i'd": 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.38; 'heard': 0.39; 'tell': 0.60; 'grab': 0.64; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'goto': 0.84; 'not...': 0.84; 'subject:+': 0.91; 'url:m': 0.98; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=MImDdDVRmJ7Hb8HsqZEtXL/U4SOM0aGM3jEI+os3aTc=; b=iljWoLmvffoOUA5G+RylzQZTzbDP0FyNx47ITPGOKOLAQTwWjvxtPZofgOx9wi9Tcl 7+TB4dtq8FasRCAhs1HfKnaZFomtA5IFih4Mqc2t0YgrdV7gjfp7qcEC9+wNdXBwj3ov n/BRvpdS5K8gWMtvMZ7maVN4yTXNhrQ2BjfrHJXQuZbinyGwPMNcziY+KFYWg0rEVi3g 8Jn24PC615wTy5uv8w6SDlV5/xvoWfhdT43Mb6WaxTGX+4qxwD42hziRUoMbhUZUZro+ nK4eeE9DK3WIoSsFwu7lKbrlyBjSHym8ULzRs6RS/hsfClA7qMfn6R9DAvoaz115C5GQ NUmg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.97.7 with SMTP id dw7mr752100igb.2.1382056761020; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:39:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <6f2b7$525f2302$5419b3e4$13466@cache1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:39:20 -0500 Subject: Re: Possibly better loop construct, also labels+goto important and on the fly compiler idea. From: Skip Montanaro To: Peter Cacioppi Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b10c8534cdac104e8f92af4 Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382056770 news.xs4all.nl 16007 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56358 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57007 --047d7b10c8534cdac104e8f92af4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 17, 2013 6:59 PM, "Peter Cacioppi" wrote: > > You know, I'd heard somewhere that Goto was considered harmful.... trying to remember exactly where.... I can't tell if you were kidding or not... Just in case: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful (can't grab the [2] & [3] links on my phone) Skip --047d7b10c8534cdac104e8f92af4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Oct 17, 2013 6:59 PM, "Peter Cacioppi" <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> wrote:
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> You know, I'd heard somewhere that Goto was considered harmful.... trying to remember exactly where....

I can't tell if you were kidding or not... Just in case:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful

(can't grab the [2] & [3] links on my phone)

Skip

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