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Re: The goto statement in PHP

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In article <lk8avk$ivl$1@dont-email.me>, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:

> On 5/5/2014 11:08 AM, richard wrote:
> > On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> >
> >> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
> >>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
> >>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
> >>> distinction between a label and a variable.
> >>> In LB it is simple.
> >>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
> >>> [a] is a distinct label.
> >>>
> >>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable
> >>> "a" is.
> >>>
> >>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.

> >> Better yet - don't use goto.  I never have needed it.
> >
> > Yeah I know. I've heard it a zillion times before.
> > "Any language that uses a 'goto' is one that is screwed up".
> > But hey, there are times when the evil is required.
> >
> > I recall a scene from a movie.
> > Dozens of federal agents armed to the teeth break into a hacker's
> > residence.
> > He's busy trying to erase all of his hard work so they have no evidence.
> > "No you got it wrong boy. We're not here to bust you. This time. We're to
> > hire you!".
> > Purely for the drama of course.
> 
> Nope, goto is NEVER "required".  Sometimes it's handy, but never required.

I was about to say that I hadn't used a goto since I stopped using
FORTRAN in 1978, but then I remembered that I had to use a flavour of
Pascal on a PDP-11 in 1982, and as that had no return statement, I had
to simulate one by putting a 999 label on the final 'end', and goto
that.

-- 
Tim

"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"  --  Bill of Rights 1689

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The goto statement in PHP richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-05-05 09:50 -0400
  Re: The goto statement in PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-05-05 10:27 -0400
    Re: The goto statement in PHP richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-05-05 11:08 -0400
      Re: The goto statement in PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-05-05 11:33 -0400
        Re: The goto statement in PHP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-05 16:44 +0100
      Re: The goto statement in PHP Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-06 00:57 +0000
        Re: The goto statement in PHP Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-05-05 19:06 -0700
          Re: The goto statement in PHP Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-06 17:23 +0000
    Re: The goto statement in PHP Graham Hobbs <ghobbs@cdpwise.net> - 2014-05-07 11:13 -0400
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        Re: The goto statement in PHP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-07 20:16 +0100
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