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GOTO 1. Old solution becomes new again Points 2 and 3 4. Dijkstra enters the picture with the paper: Go To Statement Considered Harmful [1] 5. Wait, did thi
by mettamage 3y ago
GOTO
1. Old solution becomes new again
Points 2 and 3
4. Dijkstra enters the picture with the paper: Go To Statement Considered Harmful [1]
5. Wait, did this ever happen? :’)
I wonder if there’s a modern language practice that extensively uses GOTO
[1] https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.pdf https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.p...
- withinboredom 3y agoI use goto whenever I have the opportunity, which, sadly, is not that often. I don't know why people don't like it -- it's essentially an unconditional jump (can replace all while(true);, for example).