john p looney valentuathaorg thu aug 08 2002 112759am 0100 wintermute mentioned interesting ive always wondered things considered bad example goto languages support goto sort gotos really bad yes especially languages talking c pascal assembler gotos used well used kernel code improve efficency almost required languages like c break continue cant told many loopsswitches break general gotos make mess code loop recursive call actually better goto goto used kind common enemy programming syntax make sure people use loops recursion recursion truely useful infinite stack people think infinite stack shouldnt let near compiler kind makes wonder things considered good example people bang polymorphism actually advantage using overloaded function based class inheritance dont care honest kate irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie thu 8 aug 2002 113749 0100 ilug slashdot ew dijkstra humor