Re: Conceptual problem solved by GOTO

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ken mortenson wrote:
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > 
> > Andy Serpa wrote:
> > > 
> > >I do vote yes on "exit(x)" whereby x in an integer allowing you to break
> > > out of x many nested loops, which avoids the use of flags, etc. 
> > 
> > Although v4.0 will not have "exit(x)" it does have "exit <label>" where
> > <label>
> > is the name given to a loop.
> 
> How I hate to mention this.  I really, really do hate to mention this.  But
> I
> am compelled to for the sake of truth.  Here we are voting on GOTO and it's
> already in.  It's not the name GOTO that makes it a goto.  You can call it 
> banana if you want, it's having labels as targets.
> 
> So we aren't voting on GOTO; we're just calling it EXIT.
> 
> This explains my abstain vote to me.  I actually wondered why I didn't
> vote no.  I guess it's just one of those things that you either get or
> you don't.  Please don't take that as a shot at those that use GOTO, I
> did for decades myself and understand why some might want to use it.
> 
> I guess I've just seen it abused way too often to ever use it myself.

It's astonishing you fear you will abuse it and not be able to undo it when you
notice you used a goto.
 
> "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard Feynman

And this is a scientific vote, right?........

Kat

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