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Re: Simulate goto

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> >I still suspect, like you, that most attempts to use a goto
> >statement in other contexts than breaking a loop are not very
> >sensible.

Depends on the language. GOTO is idiomatic in many older (foundation)
languages while inappropriate in most newer ones. That has led the snot
nosed kids to believe GOTO is old outmoded bad etc. It is not. It has its
place but that place is not C or languages derived from C (although the
Linux kernel developers use it and will give you a good spanking if you
criticise them).

> Bjarne Stroustrup (the inventor of C++) wrote that goto is for code
> generators where the program writing the code isn't going to get
> confused. E.g A program that reads a syntax specification and writes a
> parser for the language.

That might be the case in C++ and he should know since he wrote it.

But GOTO is for mere humans when coding in F77, COBOL, BASIC, and many other
languages that were written before C.

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        Re: Simulate goto Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-12-28 19:10 +0100
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            Re: Simulate goto Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-12-29 12:18 +0100
              Re: Simulate goto John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-29 16:31 +0000
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                Re: Simulate goto Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-12-30 16:10 +0100
  Re: Simulate goto John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-27 14:41 +0000
  Re: Simulate goto Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-12-27 15:32 +0000
    Re: Simulate goto Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-27 10:12 -0800
      Re: Simulate goto "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-27 19:55 +0000
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          Re: Simulate goto Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-12-27 23:07 +0000
          Re: Simulate goto John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-28 16:28 +0000
            Re: Simulate goto Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2011-12-28 22:33 +0100
        Re: Simulate goto Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-27 13:19 -0800
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                Re: Simulate goto John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-28 16:37 +0000
                Re: Simulate goto Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-28 17:44 +0000
                Re: Simulate goto Mike Duffy <Use_guestbook_page@website.in.sig> - 2011-12-29 01:16 +0000
                Re: Simulate goto Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-28 17:34 -0800
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