Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: goto's in 'C' Message-ID: <4984@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 18:39:25 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4984 Posted: Tue Jan 29 18:39:25 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Jan-85 18:39:25 EST References: <308@harvard.ARPA>, <137@redwood.UUCP>, <50@mit-athena.ARPA> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 7 This is a specific case of a general principle: mechanically-generated input generally stresses a translator much more severely than human- generated input. In any case, since DMR put goto into C right at the start, we're stuck with it. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry