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From: gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops)
Date: 1998/09/09
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In article <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, adam@irvine.com wrote:
>In article <35F252DD.5187538@earthlink.net>,
>  Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I suppose that it is possible to write spaghetti code without using
>> goto's, I've never tried.
>
>Sigh . . . does anyone *try* to write spaghetti code?  The thing is, someone
>who's inexperienced and hasn't read enough code to know whether code is
>readable or not, is certainly capable of writing unreadable, convoluted code
>without using GOTO.  

I agree - in fact I would argue that if you are carrying a flag for 
deciding when to exit, the flag is part of the flow of control - with 
all the potential pasta that entails.

- Gerry

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