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From: Roger@natron.demon.co.uk (Roger Barnett)
Subject: Re: No Go To's Forever!
Date: 2000/03/22
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In article: <38D8EAC1.2563A49C@quadruscorp.com>  "Marin D. Condic" 
<mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> writes:
> 
> Ken Garlington wrote:
> > What I want to know is, where the heck is the computed IF statement? This
> > dang language won't even let me assign numeric labels to a line!
> > 
> Or more importantly, how does one do the equivalent of an "alter"
> statement (Cobol) in Ada? What good is a goto statement if you can't
> dynamically alter its destination? I mean, how can you possibly write
> serious programs without it?

I remember using a Basic in which the parameter to the return statement
modified the return address in terms of the number of lines before or 
after the line containing the invoking GoSub statement.

A better introduction to the benefits of KISS would be difficult to find.

-- 
Roger Barnett