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GOTOs can be a useful language feature, improving program speed, size and code clearness, but only when used in a sensible way by a comparably sensible programmer.
Linus Torvalds: http://kerneltrap.org/node/553 [kerneltrap.org] (mirror at the Wayback Machine [archive.org])Steve McConnell: http://www.stevemcconnell.com/ccgoto.htm [stevemcconnell.com]
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GOTO can be useful (Score:1)
GOTOs can be a useful language feature, improving program speed, size and code clearness, but only when used in a sensible way by a comparably sensible programmer.
Linus Torvalds: http://kerneltrap.org/node/553 [kerneltrap.org] (mirror at the Wayback Machine [archive.org])
Steve McConnell: http://www.stevemcconnell.com/ccgoto.htm [stevemcconnell.com]