> It was not harmful to the correctness of initial-release software. I dispute that assertion. > But these things are anecdotal, they cannot be measured. Yea

> It was not harmful to the correctness of initial-release software. I dispute that assertion. > But these things are anecdotal, they cannot be measured. Yeah, that's why I said "I dispute" instead of "you're wrong". I can't prove it. Still, goto-laden code was harder to reason about than structured code. That can't have made it easier to write correct code.