[comp.lang.misc] A different view of the goto controversy

djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) (06/02/90)

From article <6939:May1702:16:3190@stealth.acf.nyu.edu), by brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu:

)  ...
) What control structures do we need to express all the crossed jumps that
) come up in practice? I don't know. I do know that the energy wasted on
) goto arguments would be much more fruitfully applied to answering this
) question.


All this was settled long ago. All the 'energy wasted' would
be better spent on virtually anything else.