'goto' - the debate between 'human' vs 'machine' programming

shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com
Mon May 16 16:38:51 CDT 2005


> both are "GOTOs" in functionality

In real-world computing, there are even more obtuse examples.  Things
like interrupt service routines, which have no obvious way into them
from a pure code standpoint (except where you set up and enable the
interrupt.)  Or exception handlers, which (depending on the architecture
and the exception) may be entered with registers in undefined states
partway through an instruction's execution.

Structured programming is boring in comparison :-).

Tim.


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