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Infinite Recursion · Oct 21st, 2004, 9:58 AM

gotos are EVIL, you all are going to HELL. (even though most of us are Atheist and don't believe in it anyway. hah)

you could have perfectly readable code, logical flow, etc... but when you throw gotos in it, the simple fact that you jump from point to point makes it unreadable.

Pizentios · Oct 21st, 2004, 10:09 AM

Heh, what's this? the second time we are talking about GOTOs? I shutter everytime i hear the word.

mici · Oct 21st, 2004, 10:32 AM

Actualy it just teaches you how to read between the lines...

bharris · Oct 21st, 2004, 1:37 PM

I use to use gotos all the time back in the day when I was programming in QBasic, never used them in C++ though. Seems logical enough though if you know the flow of the code and comment it well there won't be a proble, with using goto.

BebopFusion · Oct 21st, 2004, 1:48 PM

With comments in the goto it should serve ok. But it's still not a good habit for the orthodox.

bharris · Oct 21st, 2004, 2:27 PM

I guess I can see where you are coming from: like I said I never used GOTO in C++ only in QB. Never came up and I never thought of using it in C++.

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With comments in the goto it should serve ok. But it's still not a good habit for the orthodox.

Maybe that's the reason I never use it.

Das Bruce · Oct 21st, 2004, 6:00 PM

The open source community will hunt you down and shoot you if you release code with "goto"'s in it.

bharris · Oct 22nd, 2004, 4:39 PM

That's good to know. Glad I never use goto.

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Oct 21st, 2004, 1:37 PM	#14
bharris Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	I use to use gotos all the time back in the day when I was programming in QBasic, never used them in C++ though. Seems logical enough though if you know the flow of the code and comment it well there won't be a proble, with using goto.

Oct 21st, 2004, 6:00 PM	#17
Das Bruce Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	The open source community will hunt you down and shoot you if you release code with "goto"'s in it.

Oct 22nd, 2004, 4:39 PM	#18
bharris Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	That's good to know. Glad I never use goto.

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