Re: SP as "no goto's and nice indentation"

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From: Dave Gillett
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 00:28

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That's a far more usable definition of SP (if almost as wrong) as the one
that I used to frequently encounter:

  SP - Anything done in a language that provides "ELSE" and "WHILE" and
       doesn't provide (or at least discourages) "GOTO".

                                         Dave

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Subject: Re: SP as "no goto's and nice indentation"
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