Goto Is Not A Horror
In 1968, Edsger Dijkstra published a classic letter which was titled
“Go To Statement Considered Harmful”. I think the headline buries the
lede, because it’s actually an exhortation to structured programming
in general, but it is not incorrect. goto is indeed considered
harmful in the letter.
Dijkstra’s letter was completely correct. History has bourne him
out. He won.
He won.
Past tense.
The winning is over. It has been accomplished.
goto is dead. Dijkstra killed it.
That is, the goto that Dijk...
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