On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 18:02 -0500, jim tate wrote: > Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy wrote: > > Terry Polzin wrote: > >> goto was also used in COBOL before "perform x thru y" became the > >> common way of coding the procedure division. I think it's also used > >> in fortran as well. > > > > There is actually a goto in many languages, including C, C++ and I > > think Java, but if you use goto in your C program, your colleagues are > > liable to break your arms and knee-caps, knock out your teeth and poke > > out your eyes with a corkscrew and actually get away with it on > > grounds of justifiable self defence. > > > Boy! Those C people sound like a very bad group . > Back in the "Basic" days of computers they where more friendly. No kidding, they rarely prosecuted. <smirks> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
