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To: Antonello

Elimination of the "goto" statement eliminated most spaghetti code. Whether this rendered the FSM dead or not...


44 posted on 11/15/2005 11:29:22 AM PST by Junior (From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
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To: Junior
Elimination of the "goto" statement eliminated most spaghetti code.

But doesn't that just make 'goto' a transitional fossil?

46 posted on 11/15/2005 11:32:33 AM PST by Antonello
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Elimination of the "goto" statement eliminated most spaghetti code.

Ah, but not all companies eliminated the "goto" statement. The last company that I worked for is still using Cobol and C. Subsequently, the FSM appears to be currently coexisting with the more "modern gods".

53 posted on 11/15/2005 11:50:55 AM PST by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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