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I'm in my 40s, wasn't coding in the 70s. Horrible use of code is a different thing from removing something entirely, though. Just that almost every language re
by JCattheATM 3mo ago
I'm in my 40s, wasn't coding in the 70s. Horrible use of code is a different thing from removing something entirely, though. Just that almost every language removed goto as a response is kind of amazing to me.
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- ebiederm 3mo agoDijkstra actually had a much more reasonable title on the article. It was the editor of the publication Niklaus Wirth that changed the title to goto considered harmful. Dijkstra was arguing for procedures with a single entry point and a single exit point. So it is easier to reason about what a procedure does.
- rramadass 3mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48667852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48667852
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