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Post #144,311
by a6l6e6x
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3/3/04 10:45:32 PM
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New s/Knuth/Dijkstra/
[link|http://www.acm.org/classics/oct95/|Go To Statement Considered Harmful].
Alex
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom ... the argument of tyrants ... the creed of slaves. -- William Pitt, addressing the British House of Commons (1783)
Post #144,313
by ben_tilly
3/3/04 10:49:38 PM
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New I had it right the first time
Specifically I was thinking of Structured Programming with go to Statements, which is not available consistently on the web, but you can sometimes find a copy through Google. (Which doesn't last because it is a copyright violation.)

Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #144,317
by a6l6e6x
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3/3/04 11:06:24 PM
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New I stand corrected then.
[link|http://www.stevemcconnell.com/ccgoto.htm|The Argument for gotos].
Alex
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom ... the argument of tyrants ... the creed of slaves. -- William Pitt, addressing the British House of Commons (1783)
     Exception Handling Policy - (JimWeirich) - (48) - Feb. 26, 2004, 12:20:25 AM EST
         Possibly it depends on what level of code you are writing... - (Simon_Jester) - (38) - Feb. 26, 2004, 08:20:05 AM EST
             Ditto. - (admin) - (37) - Feb. 26, 2004, 09:24:37 AM EST
                 Because checked exceptions are STOOPID! - (tuberculosis) - (35) - Feb. 26, 2004, 10:23:11 AM EST
                     One reason I like Spring Framework - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 26, 2004, 10:43:49 AM EST
                         Absolutely - (bluke) - Feb. 26, 2004, 03:55:45 PM EST
                     Re: Because checked exceptions are STOOPID! - (dshellman) - (23) - Feb. 27, 2004, 04:20:44 PM EST
                         One respectable reason - (admin) - (13) - Feb. 27, 2004, 04:36:46 PM EST
                             Re: One respectable reason - (dshellman) - (12) - Feb. 27, 2004, 05:09:53 PM EST
                                 The problem with Java model is that I cannot - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2004, 05:30:34 PM EST
                                     Re: The problem with Java model is that I cannot - (dshellman) - Feb. 27, 2004, 05:37:26 PM EST
                                 But that would (i.e, *does*) defeat the whole purpose! - (CRConrad) - (3) - Feb. 27, 2004, 07:01:59 PM EST
                                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (drewk) - Feb. 29, 2004, 12:25:47 AM EST
                                     Re: But that would (i.e, *does*) defeat the whole purpose! - (dshellman) - (1) - March 1, 2004, 07:37:54 AM EST
                                         Sorry, either I don't get your meaning, or you didn't mine. - (CRConrad) - March 1, 2004, 09:10:07 AM EST
                                 What ends up happening ... - (bluke) - (5) - Feb. 29, 2004, 01:33:07 AM EST
                                     Re: What ends up happening ... - (dshellman) - (4) - March 1, 2004, 07:38:49 AM EST
                                         Re: What ends up happening ... - (tuberculosis) - March 1, 2004, 12:18:27 PM EST
                                         You didn't answer the question ... - (bluke) - (2) - March 1, 2004, 03:02:14 PM EST
                                             Re: You didn't answer the question ... - (dshellman) - (1) - March 2, 2004, 09:13:43 AM EST
                                                 A number of comments - (bluke) - March 3, 2004, 05:05:16 AM EST
                         We already discussed this - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Feb. 27, 2004, 06:38:32 PM EST
                             Re: We already discussed this - (dshellman) - (7) - March 1, 2004, 07:25:21 AM EST
                                 Blame the tool - (tuberculosis) - March 1, 2004, 12:27:25 PM EST
                                 You're right, that is unfortunate - (ben_tilly) - (5) - March 1, 2004, 02:46:24 PM EST
                                     Re: You're right, that is unfortunate - (dshellman) - (4) - March 2, 2004, 09:23:49 AM EST
                                         You have to balance benefit/cost - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 3, 2004, 11:28:42 AM EST
                                             s/Knuth/Dijkstra/ - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - March 3, 2004, 10:45:32 PM EST
                                                 I had it right the first time - (ben_tilly) - (1) - March 3, 2004, 10:49:38 PM EST
                                                     I stand corrected then. - (a6l6e6x) - March 3, 2004, 11:06:24 PM EST
                     Re: Because checked exceptions are STOOPID! - (dshellman) - (8) - March 1, 2004, 01:07:30 PM EST
                         Hmm... - (CRConrad) - March 1, 2004, 04:30:13 PM EST
                         One phrase says it all. - (Arkadiy) - (6) - March 1, 2004, 04:44:39 PM EST
                             Caught my eye too - (tuberculosis) - March 1, 2004, 07:07:04 PM EST
                             Re: One phrase says it all. - (dshellman) - (4) - March 2, 2004, 09:04:06 AM EST
                                 I remain unconvinced - (tuberculosis) - March 2, 2004, 09:47:13 AM EST
                                 A Further Question on the Code Example - (JimWeirich) - (1) - March 2, 2004, 01:20:53 PM EST
                                     Re: A Further Question on the Code Example - (dshellman) - March 2, 2004, 02:59:24 PM EST
                                 Bad for class libraries? - (Arkadiy) - March 3, 2004, 07:44:09 AM EST
                 Re: Ditto. - (JimWeirich) - Feb. 26, 2004, 05:17:05 PM EST
         I meant Exception the class - (bluke) - (7) - Feb. 26, 2004, 03:51:29 PM EST
             Don't catch null pointer exceptions? - (JimWeirich) - (6) - Feb. 26, 2004, 05:14:57 PM EST
                 In development yes - (bluke) - (5) - Feb. 27, 2004, 01:02:37 AM EST
                     Re: In development yes - (JimWeirich) - (4) - Feb. 27, 2004, 12:35:18 PM EST
                         Agreed - (bluke) - (3) - Feb. 29, 2004, 01:25:04 AM EST
                             So wouldn't the remedy be... - (CRConrad) - (2) - Feb. 29, 2004, 04:03:57 PM EST
                                 cf. Spring Framework :-) -NT - (admin) - Feb. 29, 2004, 04:51:06 PM EST
                                 I agree ... - (bluke) - March 1, 2004, 05:36:33 AM EST
         Another reason to catch specifics - (jb4) - Feb. 27, 2004, 05:49:20 PM EST

I'm trying to figure out what the proportion of "friendliness" to "menace" is in that post.
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