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Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful?

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful?
Date 2014-03-12 16:44 -0700
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>>Very commonly, the code controlled by an if statement consists of
>>multiple statements that *can't* be written on a single line.
>
>   In C, a whole program of many MBytes source code can be written
>   on a single line. The only exceptions are the preprocessor directives.

Amend that to:

... that can't *reasonably* be written on a single line.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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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
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          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-03-19 12:08 +0000
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        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
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        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
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          Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Dr Nick <nospam-4@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2014-03-15 13:43 +0000
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  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
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    Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? wilson <winslole@udayton.edu> - 2014-03-13 03:59 -0400
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                Re: Is goto Still Considered Harmful? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-01 13:03 +1300
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