Re: Pascal and GOTO statements

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From: Marty Smith
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1986 16:39

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In article <5411@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> hedrick@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Charles Hedrick) writes:
>I have no objection to a single GOTO to exit a loop.  I do object to
>   for ...
>	if ...
>		goto 111
>   foo;
>   goto 222;
>111: 
>   bar;
>222:
>   That's getting too much like spaghetti.
>   

Of course the above looks like spaghetti.  It has no meaning.  Its purpose
is to show how bad gotos are.

Any program can be written poorly.  The fault lies with the programmer, not
in his use of gotos.

				Martin Smith

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Subject: Re: Pascal and GOTO statements
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Date: Mon, 28-Jul-86 12:39:43 EDT
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