"... It
is also easier to debug because it does not use the
structures of nested if-then-else statements known as spaghetti code
popular in conventional programming languages."
...
When did the meaning change?
It hasn't. Let's just say that the quoted speaker has
his own take on things.
http://www.vsmerlot.com/
Click the "Wasn't the GOTO" link to see what he's
talking about.
Then take a look at the QuickSort example, to see how he's
brought new clarity to the ghastly confusion of the
usual coded implementation.
?!
Yuck! Maybe a hard-core mathematician would want to write code like
that, but not me!
Peace... Sridhar