11 May
2005
11 May
'05
7:46 p.m.
Ya know, I gotta disagree... and this is coming from a
programmer
who made liberal use of the GOTO statement.
...
Not that I look down on programmers who use it, not in
the least.
But for me, I'm fairly happy it's less common nowdays.
Programming mostly in assembler I couldn't avoid GOTO, relative or
absolute, if I wanted to so it's fortunate that I don't. Computed
GOTOs are not only 'not a bad thing' they are a very usefull tool at
this level, condensing long lists of compares to a simple calculation
and table.
To proscribe the use of any particular construct within a language
wastes effort when that constuct could provide a solution, it's up
to the programmer to use all of a language appropriately.
Lee.
.
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