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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: "continue/next" for "loop"
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:01:52 +0000 (UTC), Lutz Donnerhacke
<lutz@iks-jena.de> wrote:

>* Preben Randhol wrote:
>> Links on this:  (Ada, goto and state machine)
>
>It's not a state machine. It's a "parser" which determine the end of the
>current iteration processing at a much deeper level.

A "parser" isn't that different from FSM. So far your FSM or
whatsoever needs no stack(s) to wind up upon state changing, goto's
are just fine.

Otherwise it becomes a nigthmare, no matter how you are going to do
it! So stop feeling guilty, and use gotos! (:-))

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