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Article #3396Re: How to eliminate GOTO?
From: Ian Cargill
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 14:25
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 14:25
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In article <429280$emm@solutions.solon.com> seebs@solutions.solon.com writes: > >I dislike "coding standards" based on the assumption that I'm a moron without >the ability to judge, case-by-case, whether or not something is appropriate. > Yeh, me too, Pete. The problem is we need coding standards in the first place because there are so many morons^H^H^H^H^H^H knowledge-challenged programmers out there. I've worked with not-a-few that I wouldn't trust to judge, case-by-case, whether or not pissing when your bladder is full is appropriate. God forbid that I should trust them to make a really serious decision... like where to place the braces. :-) :-) (Sigh. Yes, I know. That is a style decision, not a coding standard.) -- ============================================================================ Ian Cargill CEng MIEE | Find out about the Association of C and C++ Users Soliton Software Ltd. | info@accu.org OR http://bach.cis.temple.edu/accu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mail2news.demon.co.uk!soliton.demon.co.uk From: Ian Cargill <ian@soliton.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: How to eliminate GOTO? Date: Sun, 03 Sep 95 14:25:24 GMT Organization: Soliton Software Ltd. Message-ID: <810138324snz@soliton.demon.co.uk> References: <3vn1ht$kj8@martha.utk.edu> <41t0sb$15e@news0.rain.rg.net> <DE6G2z.JJD@crdnns.crd.ge.com> <4258ak$cj7@news0.rain.rg.net> <429280$emm@solutions.solon.com> Reply-To: ian@soliton.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: soliton.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 2.0 (ka9q DIS 1.24)