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From: Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>
Subject: Re: No Go To's Forever!
Date: 2000/03/23
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"Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> writes:
[...]
> Or more importantly, how does one do the equivalent of an "alter"
> statement (Cobol) in Ada? What good is a goto statement if you can't
> dynamically alter its destination? I mean, how can you possibly write
> serious programs without it?
> 
> :-)

If you want Intercal, you know where to find it.  8-)}

For those not familiar with it, Intercal does not have a goto
statement.  It has a "come from" statement.

The name Intercal, of course, stands for "Compiler Language With No
Pronounceable Acronym".

But Malbolge is much much worse.

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