Todd Lyons wrote:
>
> Mark Weaver wrote on Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:04:16PM -0400 :
> > >So ("thinking on paper"), something like:
> <snip>
> > > if count <= maxtries (wow, do I forget valid syntax ;-) )
> > > then
> > > wait 30 (??) (give the modem a chance to connect)
> > > goto start
> > > else
> > > issue "Internet connection lost, could not restart"
> > >message (somewhere)
> > > fi
> <snip>
> > >I'll need to brush up on bash syntax and so forth, and if I'm clever I
> > >might get rid of the goto.
> > it is written: "thou shalt NOT use a GOTO...ever!" ;) The force fed us
> > that in assembler and COBOL classes till I thought it was gonna come
> > outa my ears.
>
> [root@fiji /usr/src/linux/kernel]# grep "goto.*\;$" * | wc -l
> 187
>
> Comments? :) Don't tell me Linus doesn't know anything about c now :)
>
201 on my system...
Ya, and who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks, even Linus is
forever into change...
drjung
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