Re: The fate of Euphoria
- Posted by "Unkmar" <L3Euphoria at bellsouth.net> Nov 10, 2004
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Parnell" Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:03 AM Subject: Re: The fate of Euphoria > > > posted by: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> > > Juergen Luethje wrote: > > [snip] > >> Please tell me whether you think that every programming language should >> have a GOTO statement. If the answer is 'yes', please tell me the reason why. > > I do not think that every programming language should have a GOTO. Besides, > for Functional Languages GOTO has no meaning. > > The key word is "should". I see no necessary reason for every language > to have GOTO. I also see no necessary reason for any procedural language > to not have GOTO. > > I DO NOT CARE! > > It honestly does not worry me if Euphoria has a GOTO or not. I will > not use it. If other people use it then that's their problem and not > mine. If people use GOTO in a program they want me to maintain or read, > and the use of the GOTO is not *justified*, it is still their problem > because I would refuse to maintain it as is. > > We agree to disagree, okay? > > -- > Derek Parnell > Melbourne, Australia > Here, here. Or in normal speak, I agree. unkmar