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> Calling a core language keyword "goto"? They're brave. I thought so too, but it makes sense really. State machine only have one state and can only go to a ne
by smegel 10y ago
> Calling a core language keyword "goto"? They're brave.
I thought so too, but it makes sense really. State machine only have one state and can only go to a new state from another - you don't call functions and return to the current state.
- taneq 10y agoOh, yeah, but the pogrom against labeled jumps is so much a part of software dev culture now that I'd expect that sequence of letters to elicit a negative response regardless of how appropriate they were.
- kobeya 10y agoGreat. Maybe it will throw off anyone who can't be bothered to see the logic behind it.