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From: Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>
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On Oct 13, 11:17 pm, mockturtle <framefri...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Nope.
> > I'm sure there is a good use for ALTER.
> > I just don't know what it is yet. 8-)
>
> You "structured guys" are so limited... (that is why you are never on
> the
> right side of an assignment :-) ALTER is such a wonderful statement!
> Something like FORTRAN computed GOTO, only a little bit more
> perverted.  Just a (tiny) step away from  a COME FROM.... 8-)

You mean this?

http://www.fortran.com/come_from.html

Yep, I remember reading that article way back when...

                               -- Adam