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. -- "Where is D.D. Harriman now, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology when we really *need* him?" | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu