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Subject: Re: C 'break' command - a query - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 26-Aug-83 22:19:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 26 22:19:16 1983
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For the record, the multi-level break statement in Bliss does use
labels (just like Ada and PL/1).  The reason Ratfor and the shell
use a count of the number of levels to break is probably to simplify
the implementation by avoiding the need for a symbol table.  This
seems reasonable; I don't recall *ever* seeing a multi-level break
or continue used in shell code.  Certainly this is not a frequently
used construct.
					Kenneth Almquist