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Anyone interested in the structured programming vs. goto debate should also read Knuth's "Structured Programming with Goto": http://pplab.snu.ac.kr/courses/adv

Anyone interested in the structured programming vs. goto debate should also read Knuth's "Structured Programming with Goto": http://pplab.snu.ac.kr/courses/adv_pl05/papers/p261-knuth.pdf http://pplab.snu.ac.kr/courses/adv_pl05/papers/p261-knuth.pd... Among many other things, it explains how eliminating goto removes certain useful optimizations. In fact, I think it's hard even to think of some of the constructs that Knuth uses if you are only practiced in goto-less programming.

jff 15y ago
If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. K Thompson
- andolanra 15y ago
  "Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling that others are making a religion out of it, as if the conceptual problems of programming could be solved by a single trick, by a simple form of coding discipline!" —Edsger Dijkstra