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Re: Computing Editorial (please read)



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"Dave Althoff, Jr." <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote in 
news:b0g1ie$gvd$1@ronco.freenet.columbus.oh.us:

> And I wish the computer science snobs would not be so rough on the poor 
> GOTO.  

Same here... 
A nice old fashioned GOTO to a line number is easier to track than a 
subroutine/function call which you then need to track down somewhere in the 
listings.
Not to mention that even in assembly, unless the program is run once all 
linear, it'll be full of JMPs,JSRs and RTSs, the equivalant of BASIC GOTOs, 
GOSUBs.

Marsha (Computer science major {non-snob} )