Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: gotos
Message-ID: <1989Sep29.183703.1275@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <24962@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 89 18:37:03 GMT

In article <24962@louie.udel.EDU> tweten@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes:
>surely an absolute "No gotos" is not a defensable position.

I'd say it is, actually.  I haven't used one in years.  My experience is
that the temptation to use a goto is a sign that the code is poorly thought
out; the proper response (barring emergencies) is to rethink it.  Oddly
enough, when I do, the goto *invariably* goes away.
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