Re: Using GOTO

Three years ago I decided to look into BASIC again. I started looking for 
listings.

I didn't wondered about GOTO. I saw a VB listing. About 12 files which I 
didn't grasp.

I only looked for readable listings! I saw BBC. A lot of A& and B# things.

A lot of proc and so on. A lot of long lists with not simple things.



Then I saw a simple clear old fa****on language. I tried it. I could expand

the BASIC I knew.

I spent about $80,- on it the first year. I gave 20 friend a copy and 12
of 
them purchased it.

The language uses GOTO. It uses CASE in stead of ON GOTO.

That's the only thing I don't like. Converting my old listings with CASE 
(ELSE).

The language uses labels [youMayWriteyourDescriptiveLabelLikeThis]

I know where to invest in!



Gordon



"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schreef in bericht 
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> I've been following the debate on GOTO elsewhere here in c.l.b.m and
> in alt.lang.basic and it has been pleasing to note that a consensus
> seems to have been reached.  (Unlike in the unhappy religious divide
> over opening eggs as do***ented in "Gulliver's Travels". :-)
>
> If I may be so bold as to summarise the conclusion here as I see it:
>
>   One should use GOTO when it is necessary and one should
>   avoid it when it is not needed.
>
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
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