Re: My First Computer

[Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no>]

pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) writes:

> In article <86el6ggyeo.fsf@raw.grenland.fast.no>,
> Raymond Wiker  <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no> wrote:
>  
> > Anyway, using while() or for() to implement this is silly: C
> > *has* goto :-)
>  
> Apparently you're a supporter of "spaghetti programming"..... :-)

        No, I'm not. On the other hand, I'm not a supporter of
mindlessly following other peoples (mis)conceptions about programming.
In other words, I use goto whenever that makes for simpler code.

        That said, I wouldn't use goto for an infinite loop, even
though that is clearer than misusing "while" or "for" :-)

> Yes, C has goto, and there are valid uses for goto in C, however
> replacing a while or for loop is not one of them.  

        while(1) and for(;;) are the idiomatic forms of an infinite
loop in C. That is the only reason they may be preferable to using
goto... 

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