Re: Use of 'goto'

["Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <nospam@gsg.eds.com>]

Mike linnig wrote:
> 
> Spagetti code is bad, spagetti code uses gotos, therefore goto is bad.

A false conclusion from a false premise, even if you allow use of "pons
asinorum" (B, A=>B, therefore A). Spaghetti code need not use GOTO, and
some of the worst examples I've seen did not.

> I think training is a better way to make good code than arbitrary restrictions
> on easy to notice features. 

<dws>But there's no money in the budget for QA and training; we've put
it all 
into bug fixes, and don't understand why there are so many of
them.</dws>

 
> This raises the visibilty to the person responsible for
> getting the job done and 'teaches' the programmer that goto's are a construct
> that should not be used lightly.

IMHO *no* control sturcture should be used lightly; the programmer
should
understand what he is doing and why. Silly of me.

>    Mike Linnig

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                        Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
                        Senior Software SE

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