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Kernel hackers know presumably what they're doing and use goto only when they have a good reason. Can the same be said of PHP programmers? I'm all for the "don

by paulgb 17y ago

Kernel hackers know presumably what they're doing and use goto only when they have a good reason. Can the same be said of PHP programmers? I'm all for the "don't protect programmers from themselves" philosophy, until I'm the guy who has to use or maintain the code.

ars 17y ago
Not having goto's is not going to help you in the slightest from bad programmers.
- zach 17y ago
  I disagree. Goto is the Comic Sans of keywords, a tool which may be used tastefully but ends up far more commonly abused to horrible effect.