OpenEuphoria

Re: voting on GOTO

• Posted by Fernando Bauer <fmbauer at ?otmail.co?> Jun 05, 2008
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Greg Haberek wrote:
> 
> 
> I vote NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. Explicitly NO, and
> once moreover, NO! GOTO, in any form, breaks the inherently logical "flow" of
> *all* programming (especially Euphoria, with its top-down methodology).
Sorry, I disagree.

> I don't
> care if it's been implemented and tested, taken around the block, and fed to
> the dog. To quote my cat Sasha, "DO NOT WANT."
> 
> One may argue, "but Greg, you don't *have* to use goto, only those who need
> it will use it!" WRONG! You. Don't. Need. GOTO. Not now, not ever. If you need
> GOTO, then you're doing it wrong. Go back and re-think the layout of your
> code.
Sorry, I disagree.

> If it actually flows in a logical and coherent manner, then GOTO is
> irrelevant.
> I'm a firm believer that GOTO was invented by sloppy programmers, for sloppy
> programmers.
Sorry, I disagree.

> 
> -Greg

As I already said, IMHO, in some situations, GOTO can be the best tool regarding
speed, elegance, simplicity and maintenance. I agree with Jeremy about this
subject.
- Fernando