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From: smize@news.imagin.net (Samuel Mize)
Subject: Re: GOTO considered necessary (reworked)
Date: 1997/06/14
Message-ID: <5nuejf$244s$1@prime.imagin.net>#1/1
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References: <5nn2fm$11dk$1@prime.imagin.net> <EBpyKy.J3@world.std.com>
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Reply-To: smize@imagin.net (Samuel Mize)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Date: 1997-06-14T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <EBpyKy.J3@world.std.com>,
Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
>In article <5nn2fm$11dk$1@prime.imagin.net>,
>Samuel Mize <smize@imagin.net> wrote:
>>I'm rebeating a dead horse, in order to write up a consensus paper to
>>submit to adahome.  I'll appreciate your input.
>
>I don't quite understand what the point of this is.

Well, I was looking through Deja News and found that there had been quite
a lively discussion about it, I think roughly a year ago, and a few others
had popped up from time to time.

>...But I don't think your goto FAQ is addressing any
>practical problem in the world.

It isn't the Wisdom of the Ages.  It's just intended to be an item we
can point people toward if the issue comes up again, rather than
re-hashing the same arguments.  Unfortunately, generating it fairly
requires re-hashing them again.

Sam Mize


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