use of the break statement

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From: Lawrence Kirby
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 04:11

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In article <4h81e3$ag5@solutions.solon.com>
           dale@hal.com "Dale Johannesen" writes:

 > Could we please drop the structured-programming holy war?  People
 > have been talking about this since 1968* without reaching consensus.

It is important to discuss things like this. Whether people reach consensus
in the end is not as important as people understanding the issues involved
and making decisions from an informed position.

 > *E. Dijkstra, "Goto Statement Considered Harmful", CACM, Mar. 1968

The trouble is that people too often treat this as gospel (or don't
understand what it really says) and ignore the wealth of experience
that has been gained since then. The article that stared this thread
describes an absolute rule which suggests a lack of research into the
area. Even Dijkstra accepted that you can write structured programs using
gotos, they simply don't enforce it.

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