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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada Protected Object Turorial #2: Overview of Tasks
Date: 1999/12/23
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In article <wccpuvxadvz.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > It would be like saying that since exceptions are a form of
> > non-local gotos, that it makes sense to allow general
non-local
> > gotos :-)
>
> Interesting.  You're obviously implying that the above
> argument is patently absurd, but I'm not so sure it is!  ;-)

OK, you are not sure that non-local gotos in Ada are nonsense.



> Of course non-local gotos in Ada would make no sense:

Hmm! and now you agree they are nonsense

So I am a bit confused :-)


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