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Hi,

Once upon a time almost all languages had "goto". Some programmers used it wisely and other programmers misused it and made tangled messes. Then some hairy researcher decided goto is always "Bad(tm)" so they hid all the gotos under switch, do/while, do/until, etc statements. Some programmers used the switch, do/while, do/until, etc wisely and other programmers misused the switch, do/while, do/until, etc statements and made tangled messes... ;)


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Brendan
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Brendan wrote:Once upon a time...<snip>
And there was much strife and discord and no one lived happily ever after.
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