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But the fact that those are the industry's blessed goto abstractions is as much a fiat artifact of authority as anything else.
by whateveracct 7y ago
But the fact that those are the industry's blessed goto abstractions is as much a fiat artifact of authority as anything else.
- monocasa 7y agoLol, they're common patterns even in asm. I've programmed plenty of systems that don't even really support C that well, and you end up doing the same things. What better abstractions do you have?
- gumby 7y agoDamn these fiat controls structures! We need to move to the gold(1) standard! (Actually your point is good I simply couldn’t resist the pun)
- Brian_K_White 7y agoYou think "return" is just an arbitrarily blessed altenative way to spell "goto"? Please don't ever code on a project I care about.
- whateveracct 7y ago> Please don't ever code on a project I care about. What a visceral reaction to me saying that `return` isn't an inherent truth but rather an artifact of network effects! I never would've expect this level of vitriol for this comment.