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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: Matthew Heaney Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/04 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 387729888 Sender: matt@mheaney.ni.net References: <6rfra4$rul$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6shbca$66c$1@news.indigo.ie> <6shhq7$lut$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6sjbso$1lk$2@news.indigo.ie> <6sjijg$36r$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skhcm$1dr$2@news.indigo.ie> <6skqf3$9g0$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6smmhv$1kp$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:39:44 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Patrick Logan writes: > (Reminds me of the revived GOTO controversy, in what? The > Communications of the ACM about ten years ago or so.) Funny you should mention that - this thread reminded me of that too. The ACM Forum articles started with "'GOTO Considered Harmful' Considered Harmful" by Frank Rubin, CACM, vol 30, no 3, Mar 87, and continuing every issue through Dec 87. The editor concluded the Forum letters with the statement: "With this second rejoinder from Frank Rubin it seems expedient to bring to a close the publication of correspondence generated by his March 1987 Forum letter, greater response by far than with any other issue ever considered in these pages." (Even Dijkstra himself jumped in a couple of times.) I guess opinions on this subject haven't changed much in 11 years! Matt