OpenEuphoria

RE: goto considered essential

• Posted by Lynn Kilroy <leks_transportation at hotmail.com> Jan 22, 2006
• 450 views

Jason Gade wrote:
>
>
> posted by: Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com>
>
> Rad wrote:
> >=20
> > C Bouzy wrote:
> > >=20
> > > Tom,
> > >=20
> > > If you were to do a search you will come across numerous discussions=

> > > regarding
> > > goto. Robert is not going to add goto, and in my opinion it does very=

> > > little
> > > to help the language.=20
> > >=20
> > > ----If you continue to do what you have always done,
> > > you will get what you have always gotten.----
> >=20
> > If we are talking about "bad programming habits" as main deterrent for=

> > goto,
> > then I would say that no programming language can have any bad habits.=

> > It is
> > the programmer who can.
> >=20
> > Any programming language provides various resources for the programmer=

> > to
> > build his/her logic. It is really up to the programmer to use the bad o=
r
> > good logic using these resources.
> >=20
> > It is possible to write a program with worst logic which doesn't have a=

> > single goto as well as a best program which makes use of goto=92s at
> > essential points. To pick up these essential points is the programmer=
=92s=20
> > job.
> >=20
> > In end, goto=92s won=92t hurt from the programming language perspective=
, but
> > can hurt from programmer=92s viewpoint, if not used properly.
> > Eu should implement goto if possible and allow the programmer to take
> > a call on it.
> >=20
> > Regards,
> > Rad.
>
> I'm weird this way. I don't normally think this way but in this case I=

> do.
>
> I don't want to tell people they can or can't do something, but I
> wouldn't want to see goto added to Euphoria. I've seen a lot of good
> arguments for it but none of them have swayed me.
>
> Adding goto probably wouldn't change my personal style. It is just one=

> of those things that I think would lessen the beauty of the language.
>
> --
> "The author regrets that he is unable to reconcile himself to the
> thoughtful point of view you have expressed. However, it must be kept
> in mind that being raised in different cultures and different places can
> result in such differences of viewpoint between individuals.
> The author is from planet Earth." [author unknown]
>
> j.

I tend to agree.  I've not used GOTO in years.  And I'm coming from
QBasic - where most people see GOTO all the time.

Come to think of it, I think the last time I identified a line at all
was ... at least nine years ago?  Gods!  Where does the time go!

Love & Friendship & Blessed Be!
Lynn Erika Kilroy