James Cameron wrote:
>
> Paul B. Webster VK2BZC wrote:
> > When I was taught "C", one of the big plus-es (this was before C++ ;-)
> > was the lack of a "goto" statement.  I suspect tutors/ lecturers still
> > wax lyrical on this.
>
> Um, C has a "goto".  Are you thinking of PASCAL?
>
> main()
> {
> loop:
>         thing();
>         goto loop;
> }
>
> Admittedly you don't often _need_ to use a "goto".
>
> main()
> {
>         while(1) thing();
> }
>
> But I think it is not as evil as setjmp() and longjmp().
>
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  Ahem.  Pascal (at least some implementations!) has a Goto, as well.

  Turbo Pascal, for example <G>

  (I don't remember if the UW's CDC Cyber type Pascal has one, as I have
a printout of the source somewhere I could go look someday but that's in
storage <G>)

  The mere existence of something doesn't make it evil IMHO;  MISUSE of
that thing, does.  I don't do Basic, for this reason <G>

  Mark