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From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful
Date: 1998/08/14
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Robert Dewar a �crit dans le message ...
>2) to write finite state machines encoding the state into the PC. Yes, some
>people prefer case statements for this purpose, but many people prefer the
>use of labels and gotos as the most obvious translation of labeled states
>with arrows between them.

I agree with this one,

>For example, I find the following perfectly clear:
>
>   <<sort>> for J in 1 .. N - 1 loop
>       if D (J) > D (J + 1) then
>   Swap (D(J), D(J + 1));
>          goto Sort;
>       end if;
>
But not on this one, since:
loop
   Inner: for J in 1 .. N - 1 loop
       if D (J) > D (J + 1) then
          Swap (D(J), D(J + 1));
          exit Inner;
       end if;
end loop;
reflects the intent better (at least to my taste).