OpenEuphoria

Re: GOTO - Reply

• Posted by Craig Gilbert <cgilbert at CENNET.MC.PEACHNET.EDU> Sep 25, 1997
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At 10:15 PM 9/24/97 -0400, Colin Taylor wrote:
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>One of the things I have learned is that global variables  have a=20
>down side.  They should be used judiciously.  Sometimes I think that
>a *read-only* variable type would be better.
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        Read-only?  Isn't that essentially what a 'constant' is?


        On the GOTO issue: Unless and until RDS adds a 'goto' to the language,
it's kind of a moot point for this listserv, don't you think?


Craig
Craig Gilbert
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