James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Aaron Konstam wrote (about COMEFROM): > > This joke is about 30 years old. It has been has been so long since it > > was first mentioned that it is hard for me to explain clearly why this > > is indeed not compilable but it is not. > If on the other hand you have > 10 PRINT "Hello." > 20 COMEFROM 60 > 30 PRINT "Schrödinger may or may not have been here..." > 40 COMEFROM 60 On the other hand, COMEFROM would be a useful adjunct to GOTO, if the language implemented a GOTO that could only target a COMEFROM statement. -- Donald Arseneau asnd@xxxxxxxxx
