Re: Peter Chen and Charles Bachman

Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm> wrote:

>Em Thu, 20 May 2004 16:00:37 -0700, Gene Wirchenko escreveu:
>
>> Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Em Wed, 19 May 2004 23:22:34 -0700, Gene Wirchenko escreveu:
>>>
>>>> I see no advantage to
>>>> being stuck with having to do something one way only.
>>>
>>> Have you ever grokked _GOTO considered harmful_, or Codd's
>>>rules?
>>
>> The former most definitely; the latter, not yet. There are times
>> when a well-placed goto will aid program clarity.
>
> Only if the language is poor.

     You are too doctrinaire for me.

     One of the fast sorts has a structure whose symmetry wrt to two variables is obvious with a couple of gotos, but which is lost with structured code.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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