[net.unix-wizards] reaction to ideas lying around in a file

brian%berkeley@ucsfpgs.UUCP (09/16/83)

From:  #Brian Katzung <ucsfcgl!ucsfpgs!brian@berkeley>

     The idea behind structured languages, unless I am quite mistaken, is
to increase the linearity and decrease the random jumping in programs.

     It seems to me that your suggested "restart" et al. are simply euphemisms
for "goto", or do I misunderstand your suggestions?

     I have never encountered a situation where a goto could not be replaced
by a structured construct (within a module--interrupts, context switches, etc.
are a completely different ball game).  The only advantage of "goto" is
convenience.  It is simply a trade-off between write-time convenience and
read-time ease.
				Brian Katzung  ucbvax!ucsfcgl!ucsfpgs!brian