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From: "Robert I. Eachus" <eachus@mitre.org>
Subject: Re: Computer Programming for Everybody?
Date: 1999/09/23
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Preben Randhol wrote:
  
> The major problem is GOTO and the code this leads to.

   Definitely not!  It is not the fault of the goto, which can be used
in a structured manner in most languages.  It is that in BASIC, language
limitations force the programmer to use gotos where he shouldn't, and
allow "dangerous" uses because the target is not limited.

   Ada has a goto, it is restricted to prevent misuse, and every so
often there is a discussion in this group as to whether there are other
uses for it than in implementing finite state machines.  But if you are
implementing an FSM, and  many real-time and safety-critical systems do
use FSMs (implicit or explicit), it belongs in the language.
-- 

                                        Robert I. Eachus

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