Re: GOTO controversy

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From: Nick Barnes
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:16

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In article <4isrhqINNpol@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) writes:

   recursion! ouch! I'd hate to do a no_loop(1,1000000000);

Only because you are not familiar with compilers which perform
tail-recursion elimination.

Nick Barnes, speaking for himself

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From: nickb@harlequin.co.uk (Nick Barnes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: GOTO controversy
Date: 22 Mar 1996 14:16:50 GMT
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