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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: X3J11: Why no labelled loops?
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 16:20:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 16:20:34 1987
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>    Why are labelled loops not supported in ANSI C?  I think the reasoning
> for not including them was something to the effect "they're too much
> like goto's"...

Actually, more probably the reasoning for not including them was "since
nobody has ever implemented this in a C compiler, there is no operational
experience with it *in* *C* to determine how useful it is and whether it
interacts badly with other constructs; since there is no desperate need
for it, the lack of real experience is sufficient reason not to do it".
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