On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 15:43 -0500, Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy wrote: > Rick Stevens wrote: > > Well, if you read Kernighan & Ritchey's original "The C Programming > > Language" book, the "goto" was only put in because C doesn't provide a > > multi-level break statement. The only way out of that situation short > > of lots and lots of sentinel values is a goto. Of course, they also > > state that if you are more than four levels of indentation deep, you > > probably should think about splitting out a function or rethinking your > > logic. > > > > There are times where a "goto" is appropriate, but one should try to > > minimize its use--true in almost any procedural language. If you want > > to abuse the "goto", write in BASIC. :-) > > http://xkcd.com/c194.html I think a warning about adult content would be appropriate. Thanks, Les H
