Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ima.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!cca!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: mod.compilers Subject: Re: syntax and error-proneness Message-ID: <169@ima.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 23:06:26 EST Article-I.D.: ima.169 Posted: Thu Mar 20 23:06:26 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 07:44:47 EST Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 17 Approved: In-Reply-To: <154@ima.UUCP> Originally-from: David C. Stewart I heard of work done at my school which demonstrated with empirical results that the error rate increases with the use of goto's. I have no reference, sorry. If memory serves me, the work was done by Rod Oldehoeft (rro@csu-cs). -- David C. Stewart uucp: tektronix!davest Unix Systems Support Group csnet: davest@TEKTRONIX Tektronix, Inc. phone: (503) 627-5418 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send submissions to: ima!compilers ima is reachable as { ucbvax!cbosgd | ihnp4 | cca | bbncca | think | uiucdcs | allegra | inmet | yale | harvard }!ima!... Arpa mail may make it to ima!compilers@CCA-UNIX or ima!compilers@BBNCCA