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`it's very existence means that it's easy to misuse it` However, few people actually do: https://peerj.com/preprints/826v1 https://peerj.com/preprints/826v1
by kstenerud 12y ago
`it's very existence means that it's easy to misuse it`
However, few people actually do: https://peerj.com/preprints/826v1 https://peerj.com/preprints/826v1
- nawitus 12y agoIn C at least. Anyway, that's probably due to the significant amount of discussion about goto. Perhaps "ironically" goto is a good feature only because it's criticized enough so that it's typically used correctly?
- _lce0 12y ago> Perhaps "ironically" goto is a good feature only because it's criticized enough so that it's typically used correctly? there are no good/bad features, there are only good/bad programmers.
- Veedrac 12y agoTo play devil's advocate, the very example in the article is a misuse. Not only is a difference of less than 1% in code speed insignificant (local timings), but a do...while loop displays the intent (looping) better.