The final word on GOTO (Don't I wis

[Bruce Ide]

Basic programmers use GOTO's excessively. I usually never use any, but if
you are nested four loops deep and need to get all the way out, you can
either use a GOTO or set a condition and test it four times. In cases such
as this, the GOTO is the Logical Choice. The examples I have seen here:

>case 1:
>     command();
>     break;

as opposed to

>case 1:
>     goto command;
>     break;

I wouldn't use a GOTO here. Putting a goto here would be something a BASIC
programmer would do. When your program gets > 20K or so, keeping track of
global variables and GOTO's is a MAJOR pain. You'll know that when the guy
who has to maintain it after you're gone comes after you with a shot gun.
(I like local arrays of structures and pointers to functions too. Keeps the
code portable :-)

              -Bruce Ide (Grey Fox)   uunet!agtoa!greyfox