Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful?

From	James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful?
Date	2014-03-31 12:10 -0400
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On 03/25/2014 11:33 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
>> Yes, but you've been asked to defend an assertion that there is a
>> C-specific preference for short functions.
> 
>   My assertion is that in C we (the majority of educated
>   programmers of today) prefer short functions. I do not wish
>   to make any assertion about whether this holds or does not
>   hold for any other language.

Well, in my experience, most C programmers seem to prefer function
lengths that I'm not willing to call "short". I can't say for sure how
many of them you would be willing to consider "educated", but I believe
that a significant fraction of them had CS degrees.

I do see a lot of short member functions written by educated C++
programmers, because they tend to make heavy use of classes with
inheritance, with each class in the inheritence tree having
responsibility for only a small piece of the total behavior of the code.
That responsibility can often be met by defining a small number of very
simple member functions. Non-member functions, however, (main() in
particular) are often very long.

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Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2014-03-12 11:02 -0500
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-12 12:17 -0400
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2014-03-12 09:20 -0700
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2014-03-18 16:30 -0500
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-18 17:36 -0700
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-19 07:34 -0400
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-03-19 12:08 +0000
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-19 10:07 -0400
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-03-19 17:05 +0100
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2014-03-19 12:27 -0500
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "Terence" <tbwright@bigpond.net.au> - 2014-03-19 20:35 +1100
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2014-03-19 12:26 -0500
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-12 16:47 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Jos Bergervoet <jos.bergervoet@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-12 19:07 +0100
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Andrew Cooper <root@127.0.0.1> - 2014-03-12 23:36 +0000
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-13 00:23 +0000
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Andrew Cooper <root@127.0.0.1> - 2014-03-13 01:18 +0000
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-13 02:08 +0000
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Andrew Cooper <root@127.0.0.1> - 2014-03-13 02:21 +0000
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-13 11:17 +0100
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.invalid> - 2014-03-13 01:53 +0100
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2014-03-13 01:46 -0500
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2014-03-13 10:56 +0100
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2014-03-16 08:18 -0500
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-03-16 15:18 +0000
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-20 11:36 -0700
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-03-12 18:50 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2014-03-12 12:49 -0700
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "Qolin" <noone@nowhere.com> - 2014-03-12 21:54 +0000
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2014-03-12 16:57 -0500
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-12 15:36 -0700
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-12 19:02 -0400
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-12 16:58 -0700
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-12 20:09 -0400
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-12 16:44 -0700
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-12 23:40 -0500
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-13 11:25 +0100
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Thomas Jahns <jahns@idontlikespam.dkrz.de> - 2014-03-14 11:24 +0100
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-14 23:32 -0500
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Dr Nick <nospam-4@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2014-03-15 13:43 +0000
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-15 16:28 +0100
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Dr Nick <nospam-4@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2014-03-15 16:01 +0000
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-17 08:51 +0100
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-13 11:22 +0100
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-12 15:34 -0500
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 17:48 -0700
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2014-03-13 01:06 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? wilson <winslole@udayton.edu> - 2014-03-13 03:59 -0400
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? wilson <winslole@udayton.edu> - 2014-03-13 05:02 -0400
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-03-13 08:42 -0400
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-03-13 14:45 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2014-03-13 07:42 -0600
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-03-13 14:56 +0100
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Wolfgang Kilian <kilian@invalid.com> - 2014-03-13 09:10 +0100
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2014-03-13 08:02 -0700
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2014-03-13 21:09 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "Qolin" <noone@nowhere.com> - 2014-03-13 21:24 +0000
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-13 22:36 +0000
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-13 23:02 -0500
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-14 04:07 +0000
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-13 23:56 -0500
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2014-03-14 09:17 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-13 22:42 +0000
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "James Van Buskirk" <not_valid@comcast.net> - 2014-03-13 17:13 -0600
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-13 16:46 -0700
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-14 01:17 +0000
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-13 23:04 -0500
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-14 10:41 +0100
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-14 09:55 +0000
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-03-14 13:16 +0100
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2014-03-18 21:08 +0000
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-18 17:41 -0400
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-14 00:45 +0000
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "James Van Buskirk" <not_valid@comcast.net> - 2014-03-13 21:40 -0600
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-14 01:02 -0400
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "James Van Buskirk" <not_valid@comcast.net> - 2014-03-14 10:36 -0600
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-03-14 17:30 +0000
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-14 13:51 -0400
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-14 13:12 -0700
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-29 06:46 -0700
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-14 05:29 +0000
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "James Van Buskirk" <not_valid@comcast.net> - 2014-03-14 10:47 -0600
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-03-14 17:43 +0000
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-14 13:52 -0400
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-03-16 17:15 -0500
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-16 16:04 -0700
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-14 05:11 +0000
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-14 06:00 +0000
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "Terence" <tbwright@bigpond.net.au> - 2014-03-14 08:32 +1100
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-03-14 23:10 -0400
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-14 02:18 +0100
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2014-03-18 16:14 -0500
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-03-24 07:52 -0700
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-03-24 11:20 -0400
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-03-24 17:08 +0000
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-03-25 14:06 -0400
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> - 2014-03-26 13:31 -0400
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-03-24 16:31 +0000
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-03-24 16:46 +0000
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-03-24 16:10 -0700
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-24 17:19 -0700
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-25 02:56 -0700
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-25 07:34 -0700
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-25 10:57 -0400
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-03-25 16:09 +0000
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-03-25 16:14 +0000
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-03-26 08:06 +1300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-25 12:49 -0700
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-03-31 14:05 -0500
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-31 15:20 -0400
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-04-04 14:56 -0500
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-04 17:11 -0400
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-05 12:03 +1300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-05 00:17 -0500
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-05 20:14 +1300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-04-09 14:30 -0500
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-09 16:37 -0400
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-09 14:01 -0700
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-04-05 15:21 +0100
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-01 11:04 +1300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-01 02:45 +0300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-01 13:03 +1300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-22 12:01 +0300
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-22 21:22 +1200
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-22 11:53 +0300
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-31 12:10 -0400
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-31 10:39 -0700
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-03-31 13:42 -0500
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-31 15:16 -0700
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-01 00:24 -0700
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-04-01 08:26 -0400
                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-01 06:50 -0700
                Re: Are setters Stil Considered Harmful? (was: Is goto Still Considered Harmful?) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-02 10:49 -0700
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-25 19:30 +0000
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-03-27 09:33 -0400
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-25 19:37 +0000
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-25 00:30 -0400
        Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-03-27 11:47 -0700
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-27 20:39 -0400
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-03-28 01:40 +0000
          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-03-28 10:09 +0100
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-03-28 09:48 +0000
            Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-28 03:24 -0700
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-28 18:52 +0000
              Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-30 02:45 -0700
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-03-24 12:53 -0700
    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-03-24 15:02 -0700
      Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-24 19:11 -0400
  Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-03-29 05:56 -0700

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