On 3/27/09 8:40 PM, Richard Tew wrote:
2009/3/27 Phoenix Sol<[email protected]>:
Gee, just thinking about goto brings back childhood headaches from all that
horrible BASIC on the Commodore64  ;-)

Please, someone explain why in the world you would want to use goto in
Python ?!

Personal preference.  Not believing the "goto considered harmful" hype.

Goto is for kids.

The meliorated goto is the well-known
continuation, where a god-damned nono
a.k.a goto is turned into an expression
for the uncomputed future.

"""
we managed to create butter from shit.
Consistency is perfect.
The weak point is taste, still.
"""
--
Christian Tismer             :^)   <mailto:[email protected]>
tismerysoft GmbH             :     Have a break! Take a ride on Python's
Johannes-Niemeyer-Weg 9A     :    *Starship* http://starship.python.net/
14109 Berlin                 :     PGP key -> http://wwwkeys.pgp.net/
work +49 30 802 86 56  mobile +49 173 24 18 776  fax +49 30 80 90 57 05
PGP 0x57F3BF04       9064 F4E1 D754 C2FF 1619  305B C09C 5A3B 57F3 BF04
      whom do you want to sponsor today?   http://www.stackless.com/

_______________________________________________
Stackless mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.stackless.com/mailman/listinfo/stackless

Reply via email to