----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie So undtrack?]
> George wrote: > >In my first programming course, in BASIC, we had to simulate control > >structures with the controlled use of IF ... GOTO. > > Ahh, GOTO. I remember what a big deal it was when they installed a new > version of BASIC at the high school I was attending at the time, and it had > two brand new commands (new for us, anyway); GOSUB and RETURN. The > programming teachers immediately banned use of GOTO altogether. In > retrospect, the days of GOTO seem like the dark ages of programming ;-) > > Reggie Bautista Real Men program with backwards GOTO statements that reference back over 1000 lines of code. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
