Yes, I read that article many years ago. Unfortunately, the development of languages (such as C, not just C++) renders most of his arguments for using goto statements obsolete. However, this is now out of the scope of this list. Anyone who is interested may continue this discussion via e-mail.
Laurence Mee. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe Programmer Sent: 29 November 2001 14:35 To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Compiler deadstripping valid source lines --- Laurence Mee wrote: > Actually, there could well be differences > in the way the compiler generates the > machine code. Of course. Unless there are very strict guidelines in the standards, compiler writers are free to implement language constructs however they want. But the point I was making is that it is ridiculous to think that goto can "never ever ever ever" be used. Read the paper John Marshall suggested and you'll get a good idea of how ridiculous that statement is. You can find a copy Knuth's paper, "Structured Programming with go to Statements" at http://pplab.snu.ac.kr/courses/PL2001/papers/p261-knuth.pdf Admittedly, it was written long before C++ "solved every programming problem," (Oops! Now I should say "Java") but it does provide a careful explanation of the situations in which goto is necessary and when it should be avoided. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
