I read the paper when it first came out. At the time I was programming in Fortran which had the three branch if-statements. As you pointed out, that was a speci

I read the paper when it first came out. At the time I was programming in Fortran which had the three branch if-statements. As you pointed out, that was a special kind of hell. The paper rang very true. However we did all take it to the extreme and go for zero goto with quite a fervor.