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: 103376,86fd56abf3579c34 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-25 07:16:52 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!uni-duisburg.de!zib-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!udel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!amber.dseg.ti.com!fjm From: fjm@ti.com (Fred J. McCall) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada? Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:26:11 Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc. Message-ID: References: <3kaksj$iur@isnews.calpoly.edu> <3ki9t8$c8l@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3ks2o3$bab@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: amber.dseg.ti.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Date: 1995-03-24T10:26:11+00:00 List-Id: In article <3ks2o3$bab@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> Theodore Dennison writes: >I think the problem he has with this (at least the problem I have with it) >is not that it dense, or even that it is C. It think the problem is the >"goto" statements. (At least, that's my problem with it). I'd suggest you don't know enough about the code in question to make that kind of judgement. >Now, I too have seen some bad C code in my time. But this is the first I have >EVER seen anyone actually use a "goto". In a language with a good selection of >looping constructs like C, there is NO excuse for this. (Well, perhaps >stupidity...) T'would seem that this commodity is actually on your part. Depending on the application and the structure of the problem, there are times when 'goto' is the appropriate solution. This sort of 'structured programming' bigotry is merely silly and is the sort of thing that leads to code obfuscated by numerous loops, tests, and unnecessary control variables. >There, That ought to get the flames going! Hope you're happy now. Don't bother to reply. The very comment convinces me you don't know enough to have a valid opinion.