Quote #36
"FORTRAN's DO statement is far scarier than GOTO ever was - nothing can
match the sheer gibbering horror of the `come from' loop if the programmer
didn't document it well..."
-- Mark Hughes
"FORTRAN's DO statement is far scarier than GOTO ever was - nothing can
match the sheer gibbering horror of the `come from' loop if the programmer
didn't document it well..."
-- Mark Hughes
Related:
- COME FROM n.
A semi-mythical language construct dual to the
`go to';
COME FROM <label> would cause the referenced... - Quote #39
From the May/June'94 IEEE Institute, an article about John Backus receiving
the Draper Prize for having developed Fortran:
"Another of Fortran's breakthroughs was the GOTO statement... - CF: Come From
[replaces... - Bart: The next exhibit in out ghoulish gallery is entitled.
"The School Bus"? [realizing] Oh, they must... - GOTO statement considered harmful"
The unrestricted use of a GOTO statement is considered to be harmful because
it hampers program understandability.
Consequently, a programmer should justify every use... - Being trapped in the Netherhells is not the most fearsome thing that can
happen to you.
It is, in fact, probably no worse than being trapped... - Quote #505
"Where time or intelligence are lacking,
a goto may do the job." -- M.E. Hopkins, "A Case... - 0015 Ever change the value of 4?
0016 ... Unintentionally?
0017 ... In a language other than Fortran? -- from... - crunch 1. vi.
To process, usually in a time-consuming or
complicated way.
Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is ...
