From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: GOTO considered necessary (reworked)
Date: 1997/06/23
Date: 1997-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.867079599@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33AE29D6.7258@sprintmail.com
iJohn Volan says
<<I would not suggest inventing an entirely distinct syntactic gizmo for
Ada (or any similar language), simply because there would not be a
sufficient number of applications to warrant the added complexity in the
language.
>>
Right, I often state a rule that says that adding ANY feature AT ALL to
a language damages the language by increasing size and complexity. The
trick is to ensure that the positive contributions of the new feature
outweigh this damage.
I think this is an important language design principle. Otherwise you
end up saying "oh sure, stick this in, people do not have to use it
if they do not want it."
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-06-11 0:00 GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Samuel Mize
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-16 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Wolfgang Gellerich
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Wolfgang Gellerich
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Featuritis not always bad (was re: GOTO considered necessary) Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Spam Hater
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Van Snyder
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-19 0:00 ` John Herro
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Function result Van Snyder
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-20 0:00 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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