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- From: ebumow@ebu.ericsson.se (Mickey Williams 66753)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: disgust for goto's
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 16:16:51 GMT
- Organization: Ericsson Inc.
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- In article <4kjue7$6ug@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca>, jjrichar@chat.carleton.ca (jean richard) writes:
- >
- >Why is the goto command so looked down upon in any language??
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- Gee, really, never heard that one. Maybe we should start a thread discussing it ;)
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- This pops up every few weeks, and is usually hotly debated by lots of
- people without the first clue about the real issues involved. The problem
- isn't the goto; rather, the problem is in the way it's generally used.
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- The definitive letter to the CACM editor on the subject by Edsger
- Dijkstra (from 1968) is on the ACM www page:
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- http://www.acm.org/classics/oct95
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- I suggest it to anyone who feels the need to debate this topic.
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