From: rjh@cs.purdue.EDU (Bob Hathaway)
Subject: Re: Ada and the infamous goto
Date: 19 Jan 89 01:48:05 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5857@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> (raw)
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> Speaking of the non-goto rationale behind Ada, can anyone tell me
> why Ada has a goto statement?? (See LRM 5.9...) The Rationale for
> the Design of Ada conveniently fails to discuss it.
Modula-2 doesn't have a goto statement and I've never missed it.
I recommend removing the goto in Ada also. There is no high-order
justification and goto's complicate code generation and optimization.
Bob Hathaway
rjh@purdue.edu
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1989-01-17 18:23 Another reason for goto Marc.Graham
1989-01-17 23:03 ` Ada and the infamous goto William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
1989-01-19 1:48 ` Bob Hathaway [this message]
1989-01-18 4:43 ` Another reason for goto William A. Bralick
1989-01-18 16:11 ` Stephe Leake
1989-01-19 17:46 ` William Thomas Wolfe,2847,
1989-01-24 16:58 ` Stephe Leake
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1989-01-19 22:37 Ada and the infamous goto Erland Sommarskog
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