Re: Using GOTO

"Happy Trails" <nomail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:26:16 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Phred)
> wrote:
>>>I use it because I know it is necessary in my work, and I use it
>>>because it is the best construction to use in the situations I use it.
>>
>>Hah!  We agree.
>
> Maybe not necessarily.  I might call something "necessary" when it is
> needed to avoid confusion, and/or to allow including a dedicated
> comment line, which is a real pain in the ass to do in the middle of a
> bird's nest of if-for-next-do-while-jerking-myself-off crap, and very
> easy to do in a list of code, left-justified, isolated by a LABEL and
> executed by a GOTO, or GOSUB.
>
> To me, this is a necessary use.  To you it may not be necessary to
> do***ent your code in this manner.  This appears totally unnecessary
> by the so-called "best programmers" in this newsgroup.
>
May I ask if the software you speak of is maintained by yourself
alone, or do you have a number of programmers for that?
If you should die unexpectedly and your customer needs continued
maintenance, have you provided for that in the contracts?
What I am trying to imagine is whether your style of software with
"many goto's" is maintainable by others, and if your customer(s)
are aware of it's style and how many programmers are available
in your place.

jj