Re: Where is the elusive jump command?

["Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org>]

There are acceptable reasons for not caring about readability; e.g.
intentionally complex (or arbitrary) code sequences designed to try to break
a compiler, or test its optimizations. Certain throw-away code (e.g. solely
to learn a new language) would be another example. My guess was the
latter...

"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote in message
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> dis90072 <dis90072@port.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > Having learned ada for the past six months, I have found no reference to
> > the 'jump' command. In MSDOS you can use the 'goto' command. Even in
> > damn assembler you can jump. What is the equivalent in ada? I have had
> > enough of endless 'IF' statements and everlasting case statements. I
> > know it might make the program hard to follow, but I don't care! I must
> > have it!
> > Please......!
> > Regards,
> > Matt.
>
> The above caused a huge firestorm of "goto always makes the program less
> readable" versus "goto usually makes the program less readable, but
> sometimes has the opposite effect".  But Matt clearly stated that he
> doesn't *care* whether the program is readable or not, but I didn't see
> much mention of that, which seems like the more important issue.  How
> does one learn that readable=Good, other than from the School of Hard
> Knocks?
>
> - Bob