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Article #95Re: A challenge to the anti-goto
From: John Hauser
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 02:45
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 02:45
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In article <BwxsF6.3DF@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
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|extern B;
|n = 0; m = 0; b = B;
|{goto start;
| case 1: n += 1;
| case 3:
| case 5:
| case 6:
[etc.]
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|Now I suspect that anyone not brainwashed, and knowing that braces are used to
|delimit blocks, and what switch means, can see the layout.
I'm trying. But this has got to be about the chewiest goat ooze I've gnawed
on in a while. Anyone want to give me a hint about how to interpret that
first string of disembodied `case's?
And if your compiler won't let you do basic formatting, Herman, I suggest
you toss it and get another. I'm sure there are some that will.
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