OpenEuphoria

Re: goto: it's conceded

• Posted by ken mortenson <kenneth_john at yah?o.c?m> Jun 03, 2008
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Derek Parnell wrote:

> > > David Cuny wrote:
> > Sorry to contradict you 
> I assume 'you' here means David and not myself.
> 
> > but your example...
> > Thank you 
> I assume 'you' here means myself and not David.

Yep, eh... I was using the 'royal' you?  I believe when I was typing
this I hit tab which change focus to the [Send Now] button which ignored
my keystrokes except for the next [Enter] key I hit (this has happened
to me on more than one occasion.  I might have clarified this on proof.

> AARRRRGG!!! You missed the point ken.

It wouldn't be the first time or the last.  Please forgive.  I just thought
your example was a perfect opportunity to demonstrate a weakness of using
an unstructured entry point.

Perhaps this issue is a great concern to me because I think I am human
(contrary to those nasty rumors  and subject to the same problems that
gotos can cause anybody.

To me, the use of labels makes these a form of goto.
> > >               if abc then
> > >                   exit "toplevel"
> > >               else
> > >                   continue "anotherpoint"

> I was JUST trying to show that the NEED for goto in v4.0 is not as great, IN
> THIS SITUATION, as one might have thought. That's all. 

I understood that.  I took it in my own direction.  I did a poor job of
trying to make the point that I wasn't being critical of any person I was
trying to be critical of the issue that was important to me.  Sadly, I do
a poor job of making that point.  Please, if you understand what I'm trying
to say, I beg your forgiveness.

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard Feynman