Back in my mainframe IBM Fortran programming days (talk about an
unstructured language), we used to discuss the merits of having a
COMEFROM statement, not just a GOTO :)
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On Mon, 2014-04-07 at 21:44 +0100, David C Brown wrote:

> Of course a GOTO can go anywhere but it actually goes to where the
> programmer chooses.  To continue my analogy:  you can choose to drink a
> whole bottle of scotch or a single measure; similarly you can GOTO a
> location a thousand lines away or you can GOTO a nearby location.
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> On 7 April 2014 19:19, Byron Jeff <byronjeff@mail.clayton.edu> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 01:58:44PM -0400, Peter Johansson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:44 AM, David C Brown <dcb.home@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > GOTO is evil in the same way that alcohol is evil.
> > > > Using either  indiscriminately and extensively will always lead to
> > disaster.
> > > > Used carefully and in moderation both can be beneficial.
> > >
> > > Also remember that break and continue are implicit GOTOs.
> >
> > As are all structured constructs. The difference is that break and cont=
inue
> > are GOTOs to a specific location, as opposed to a generalized GOTO, whi=
ch
> > can go anywhere.
> >
> > BAJ
> >
> > >
> > > -p.
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