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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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To: Antonello

I'm told the "goto" statement still exists in C++, but that it hasn't actually been observed. I would consider this more a case of cryptozoology.


47 posted on 11/15/2005 11:35:44 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: Antonello; Junior
> But doesn't that just make 'goto' a transitional fossil?

More like the vermiform appendix. Just hanging out there and likely to cause problems.

61 posted on 11/15/2005 1:21:27 PM PST by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
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