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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
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Subject: Re: Seven Original Sins of K&R (Long)
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Date: 26 Sep 90 13:47:16 GMT
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In article <4700066@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Re: Sin #IV
>
>Hey, how else can I write the following amazingly convoluted code
>(idea courtest of Harbison & Steele's book, first edition):
>
>main()
>{
>int x,i;
>x=1;
>switch(x) {
>	case 1:
>		for (i=0; i < 10; i++)
>	case 2:
>		printf("%d ",i);
>}
>}
>
>And the result:
>
>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Well, in a C-like language WHERE THE CASES DIDN'T FALL THROUGH
you could write:

>main()
>{
>int x,i;
>x=1;
>switch(x) {
>	case 1:
>		for (i=0; i < 10; i++)
                goto 2;
>	case 2:
>		printf("%d ",i);
>}
>}

Doug McDonald