Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: gotos
Message-ID: <1988Apr5.213343.1528@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2571@cognos.UUCP>, <77200029@uiucdcsp>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 88 21:33:43 GMT

> Sometimes, gotos are perfectly justifiable because they vastly
> simplify and clarify you code.

And once in a long while, there is no better way.  A loooong while.
If I were running a software house, I'd be tempted to say that using
a goto -- except in fixing a program that already uses them -- means
having $50 docked from your pay.  It's not *forbidden*, you understand,
it's just that you have to want it really badly!
-- 
"Noalias must go.  This is           |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
non-negotiable."  --DMR              | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry