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From: jaakov@WISDOM.BITNET (Jacob Levy)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Why are there 50 copies of this article?
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Date: Fri, 4-Apr-86 03:25:51 EST
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Subject: Re: Re: Gosub
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In article <351@houligan.UUCP> daemon@houligan.UUCP writes:
>>    > /*
>>    > > In basic there is a GOSUB routine that will push the current
>>    > >  position onto the stack and jump to another line.  Then, upon
>>    > >  hitting a return will return to that place.  I wish to write
>>    > >  something like that in C that will be movable between compilers.
>>    > >
>>    > > [[Example Deleted] Deleted]
>>    >
>>    > To answer a somewhat different question, while I am opposed to this
>>    > construct in C (because it messes with the stack, making things
>>    > difficult), I would very much like to see this in shell command files.
>>    > Here, there is no stack, and variables would be global to the command
>>    > file. I feel that the overhead of opening another file and the
>>    > difficulty of passing back results (`cmd args` is limited) justifies it.
>>    > What say ye?
>>    >
>>    >         jim             cottrell@nbs
>>    > */
>>    Sorry jim, we're ahead of you.  It's called "function", and it's in
>>    both the System V shell and the Korn shell.  You probably missed it
>>    because you were looking for it under "funx" in the manual pages.
>>    --
>>
>>    Griff Smith       AT&T (Bell Laboratories), Murray Hill
>>    Phone:            (201) 582-7736
>>    Internet: ggs@ulysses.uucp
>>    UUCP:             ulysses!ggs  ( {allegra|ihnp4}!ulysses!ggs )


What's the deal? Why are there 50 copies of this article in my news system?
Anyone else seen that?


        Rusty Red (AKA Jacob Levy)

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