🚀 go-pugleaf

Goran Larsson (hoh@lorelei.approve.se) wrote:
: In article <41iebe$kec@news0.rain.rg.net> Paul Long <plong@perf.com> writes:
: | FWIW, PL/I uses the keyword, leave. At some point in its evolution, a number
: | was allowed to follow the keyword that specifies the number of loops to leave,
: | e.g., leave 2.

: What a disaster. That is even more dangerous than goto!
: Add a new loop nesting and you have to locate all affected leaves.
: If you forget one -> a total mess...

I agree wholeheartedly with the above sentiment.

I recall a language very similar to C in which it was possible to
label blocks, and break optionally took such a label.  Except it
was "quit", not "break".  Also there was a combined if()quit structure
which was called "quif".

Anybody else remember this baby?
(No need to mail me, I know what it was.  I'm just curious
if it still exists and/or if anybody uses it today.)

I wonder what happened to it.  I liked it, even if the
new keywords were rather perverse.

-- Mark.