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Actually I can only second that. Goto's are useful. For instance in the Linux Kernel it is used instead of exceptions in the function scope. Unfortunately grea
by Bjoern 17y ago
Actually I can only second that. Goto's are useful. For instance in the Linux Kernel it is used instead of exceptions in the function scope.
Unfortunately great power (goto) comes with great responsibility (don't produce spagetti). Most $programmers don't get that right.
- gruseom 17y agoSure, but then we're down to arguing whether a language should be designed to constrain bad programmers or empower good ones. And quite apart from the general arguments one can make (for example, that bad programmers will make a mess no matter what), it's clear that Javascript has become a major platform for modern applications. To constrain the growth of the entire class of web apps in order to allegedly limit the spaghetti produced by $programmer is a poor tradeoff, I'd say.
- eru 17y agoInteresting jargon. Is a $programmer a PHP (etc) programmer?