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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: GOTO, was: Tiny proposal for na
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.183734.15011@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:37:34 GMT
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- In <rmartin.716169568@thor> rmartin@thor.Rational.COM (Bob Martin) writes:
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- >mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
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- >|Now if only the rest of your notes reflected that use of the word
- >|'guide', rather than treating structured programming as if it was
- >|carved on stone tablets and handed down from the mountain.
-
- >I have repeatedly stated that physical need outweighs design
- >principles. If you must use gotos, or global variables, or any of the
- >other evils of software, in order to fulfill the requirements, then
- >do so, and without hesitation.
-
- But you are talking only about timing constraints. As I and others
- have said repeatedly, there are other reasons to use gotos, multiple
- returns, breaks, etc.
-
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