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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,459feef56669b92d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-07 07:55:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!host81-144-116-165.midband.mdip.bt.NET!not-for-mail From: "Charles Lindsey" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "continue/next" for "loop" Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:54:09 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-144-116-165.midband.mdip.bt.net (81.144.116.165) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1068220535 48583198 81.144.116.165 (16 [99345]) X-Orig-Path: clerew!chl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.2 (NOV) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2207 Date: 2003-11-07T14:54:09+00:00 List-Id: In martin.dowie@btopenworld.com (Martin Dowie) writes: >>From my very dusty memory, this sounds a lot like the principles used in >Jackson Structured Programming (JSP), esp, the bit about everything >being nested boxes... the controlled jumps sound a bit like the 'backtracking' >technique and the abhorance of 'programmer invented flags' would warm >the heart of my old JSP/COBOL lecturer no end :-) I think "nested boxes" is the essential feature of _any_ structured programming, including Jackson's. Yes, it is a long time time I knew what Jackson's system was all about, but I do recall that it seemed to be a bit overhyped at the time. -- Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------ Tel: +44 161 436 6131 Fax: +44 161 436 6133 Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K. PGP: 2C15F1A9 Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5