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   Gerry Jackson to Anton Ertl   
   Re: Fetch string from comment   
   05 Mar 25 19:40:32   
   
   From: do-not-use@swldwa.uk   
      
   On 05/03/2025 16:50, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   > Gerry Jackson  writes:   
   >> On 04/03/2025 15:55, mhx wrote:   
   >>> How to code a state-machine without goto's?   
   > ...   
   >> But you probably knew about that so why doesn't it count as gotoless?   
   >   
   > Does it make a difference in understandability whether you implement a   
   > state transition as "goto state123" or in the Dijkstra-compatible   
   > "state = state123"?  So why should I care whether it is gotoless?   
   >   
      
   I was just wondering why Marcel apparently cared, not you :)   
      
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   Gerry   
      
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