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   comp.lang.c      Meh, in C you gotta define EVERYTHING      243,242 messages   

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   Janis Papanagnou to Thiago Adams   
   Re: do { quit; } else { }   
   08 Oct 25 16:05:01   
   
   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 08.10.2025 14:59, Thiago Adams wrote:   
   > On 10/8/2025 8:14 AM, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I have come to the conclusion that lots of advanced and very   
   >> speficic control-flow structures are being invented to avoid   
   >> using `goto' -- a simple and generic solution, with the   
   >> additoinal bonus of keeping the semantically linear code   
   >> actually flat.   
   >   
   > The problem with goto is define a name and to find this name   
   > on the source code. Is it up or down?   
      
   The problems with 'goto' go even farther than only the technical   
   lookup; it goes into the semantical domain when jumping into and   
   out of scopes (for example).   
      
   Janis   
      
   > [...]   
      
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