hashing external names & other goodies.

sde at mitre-bedford.ARPA sde at mitre-bedford.ARPA
Thu Jan 10 01:52:30 AEST 1985


    |> Yuck!  "break <n>;" is an accident looking for a place to happen!
    |> If one has to have this facility, "break <label>;" is far superior.
    |
    |And "goto <label>" is even better, you don't have to change the language
    |at all.
    |
    |-Ron
    |
Ron, perhaps you missed the point. The major objection to GOTO's is that they
can lead to spaghetti code, but "break <label>" cannot do so, as it allows
only a clearly limited type of downward escape, while avoiding the pitfalls
of having to count nesting levels.

David   sde at mitre-bedford



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