From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: prochak@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: spaghetti code(was Re: Software landmines (loops)) Date: 1998/09/15 Message-ID: <6tlp9k$s73$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 391329141 References: <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rfra4$rul$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6simjo$jnh$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35eeea9b.2174586@news.erols.com> <6sjj7n$3rr$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f055a5.1431187@news.erols.com> <6sjnlu$83l$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skfs7$2s6$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35F252DD.5187538@earthlink.net> <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6tbsjs$i76$1@zen.hursley.ibm.com> <01bddfb7$f3eac320$ca3aea9e@tom> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x14.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 151.110.127.15 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Sep 15 13:15:32 1998 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (X11; I; HP-UX B.10.20 9000/871) Date: 1998-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01bddfb7$f3eac320$ca3aea9e@tom>, "Nicholas Kitchener" wrote: > Joe Chacko wrote in article > <6tbsjs$i76$1@zen.hursley.ibm.com>... > > adam@irvine.com wrote in message <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > > > Charles Hixson 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? > > Seen Dilbert? > > Nick. > -- > Nicholas Kitchener, Software Engineer, Logica UK > Logica Aldiscon - World Leaders in SMS Solutions. > http://www.logica.com or http://www.aldiscon.ie > > I, for one, am convinced that there are some who write complicated code simply to try to keep the work coming. They may not be aware of what they are doing. But I have seen supposedly clean, debugged code that was nearly impossible to read. Not quite spaghetti code (no goto's), but the "structured programming" equivalent. (how's a seven line conditional for a while loop strike you? The loop body extended over seven pages!) So YES, it is possible to write spaghetti code without goto's! -- Ed Prochak Magic Interface, Ltd. 440-498-3702 -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum