Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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: UNSURE 0.245 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.61; '*S*': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'phone)': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'thu,': 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; 'apparently': 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; 'yes': 0.68; 'goto': 0.84; 'joke,': 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=6op/BQb5bbDME0DqEjwR1gLFV862aXRC4meyKTWS9VM=; b=1BSBWoOfqhYLkbihqOl1Q/W9dhFEAs3847yc2BdzjZfop9/7xDogaJr2rQyrZAzW7Z OK1dAoq3hMJldYwb4qHLYrLoY0v84vHabPxcJH13EOEP+64xJ7q7p9JXontObI+Bg+gh NxtY1TneJTcG25fm4NmuLvlfspSgrtd9XDbw2u/a7LrP28CIaoq44X5ZSTdkaFdlB/of r6BpzW/y4VcCidPH+F1HpyOTUJLXN+KvEKFbxRq9D1vfEnD8jI6ztkGk2fOOz1XsO/FV kYbupiYQy4hEPRxtRycrLqiUsBidKXLrVShlAMFue0awMnhM8clSqr+k8YhEDjN1hdEY eVSg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.51.101 with SMTP id j5mr278544lbo.17.1382056915271; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:41:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <6f2b7$525f2302$5419b3e4$13466@cache1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:41:55 -0700 Subject: Re: Possibly better loop construct, also labels+goto important and on the fly compiler idea. From: Peter Cacioppi To: Skip Montanaro Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113364607e85dc04e8f933c2 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 02:50:55 +0200 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: 54 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382057456 news.xs4all.nl 15906 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40359 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57009 --001a113364607e85dc04e8f933c2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 yes it was a joke, apparently not a good one On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > > 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 > --001a113364607e85dc04e8f933c2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
yes it was a joke, apparently not a good one



On Thu= , Oct 17, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com= > wrote:


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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