'goto" gone from computer languages or is it!

Allison ajp166 at bellatlantic.net
Thu May 12 14:28:36 CDT 2005


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>Subject: Re: 'goto" gone from computer languages or is it!
>   From: John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com>
>   Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:15:11 -0500
>     To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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>At 12:56 PM 5/12/2005, Allison wrote:
>>Often reading it is the challenge.  Goto within a subroutine
>>usually reads fine.  Its when there are subs within Loop/whiles
>>get mixed with gotos. 
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>Even BASIC has a call stack that will eventually overflow.
>

However, GOTO is not a CALL.  GOSUB can kill the stack.

Allison



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