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From: crane@fortune.UUCP (John Crane)
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Subject: Re: Discouraging "GOTO"s in introductory computer courses
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Date: Fri, 25-May-84 14:08:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 14:08:46 1984
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I have taught COBOL, RPG, BASIC, and FORTRAN for about 4 years all
told. Really groovey and "with it" languages I know. I introduced
structured COBOL at several placed where I worked. There's no way
you can avoid GOTOs in COBOL, try as you might. However, I have
been programming in C now for over a year and have NEVER had to
use a GOTO. Even with old coding habits, I have never found the
need to use one. I would strongly discourage their use by students
just as COBOL instructors strongly discourage using ALTER.