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From: rfm@sun.com (Rich McAllister)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Summary: GOTO considered silly
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Date: 16 Feb 89 01:24:38 GMT
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The FORTRAN IV compiler for the SDS/XDS Sigma 7 would, when presented
a legal program containing:

      ASSIGN 700 TO JAIL
      ...
      GO TO JAIL
      ...
700   CONTINUE 

would emit the following diagnostic for the GO TO statement:

WARNING:  DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200

Rich McAllister (rfm@sun.com)