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From: gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Subject: Re: Software landmines (was: Why C++ is successful)
Date: 1998/08/20
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In article <6renh8$ga7$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, ell@access.digex.net wrote:

>
>A 'return', at least in C/C++/VB, returns you to the place the current
>procedure was called from.  'goto' control flow can be endlessly channeled
>here and there and never has to return to where the initial linear control
>flow was originally diverted.  That seems to be a huge advantage of 'return'
>over 'goto'.
>

I never realised that!  Who are these fiends who rechannel my gotos?

- Gerry

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