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About using GOTO . . . - oracle - 03-24-2003
Sorry nathan, I didn't mean loops although thats what it says. I meant SUB CALLS. :oops: If you are in 27 nested SUBS you have stack problems, 'cause you've gotta exit the sub properly. The *real* bad thing (as opposed to the other bad thing that isn't) is qbasic is a sub being able to call itself. I had huge troubles with this when I was a newbie writing a tamagotchi styles game. But I'm not that new anymore. Maybe this is the reason that newbies complain that they get stack errors...
About using GOTO . . . - na_th_an - 03-24-2003
You're right... but HOW CAN YOU EXIT NESTED SUB CALLS WITH A GOTO? :o
But I've taken your point
About using GOTO . . . - oracle - 03-24-2003
I have a dream... That everyone in the world can write code without GOTOs, so others can understand it. Glenn, the point of this is, what if you get stuck trying to do something *really* complicated? Then you need help, you show someone your source, and because we don't all have 100 gHz processors in our heads with 40 gHz RAM :rotfl: we can't help out?
This is only for really tricky programs. I'm sure most of us could follow all the simple gotos.
ps: do you extensively test all your GOTO progs to make sure they work fine? Like, every part??
About using GOTO . . . - Blitz - 03-24-2003
Someone lock this thread, mmkay?
I can't stand all this propaganda for goto.
goto hell
hell:
print "mmkay?"
About using GOTO . . . - oracle - 03-24-2003
Heey, a supporter!
Lets all gang up on Glenn!
About using GOTO . . . - Hexadecimal Disaster - 03-24-2003
Quote:Code:goto hell
hell:
print "mmkay?"
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About using GOTO . . . - wizardlife - 03-24-2003
Quote:Someone lock this thread, mmkay?
I can't stand all this propaganda for goto.
goto hell
hell:
print "mmkay?"
lol. Blitz is a pain the ass when he disagrees and really funny otherwise...
I can't believe C has a goto... that's so wierd. I'd never actually used it, just c++. But pascal certainly doesn't have a goto... and I don't think Turing does either. (and that was the one meant for teaching)
Folks who don't indent: How do you read your own code? I'd never nest more than two or three loops anyways, and I set it to indent to like the 3rd space.
About using GOTO . . . - Agamemnus - 03-24-2003
Quote:Folks who don't indent: How do you read your own code? I'd never nest more than two or three loops anyways, and I set it to indent to like the 3rd space.
I either don't HAVE more than 3 loops OR I use commented loops.......
People unqualified to be programming shouldn't be... - Glenn - 03-24-2003
doing it. And of course I test all my GOTO programs! The GOTOs make them easier to test. The last headache I had with a missing END IF was enough to make me avoid those hideous things forever.
And if you had read anything, you'd see that I've already addressed your "point". I don't write computer programs for *people* to read. (That's not what computer programs are for.) When I write for people, I write a report. The idea that I should make my work harder to make someone else's easier is completely ludicrous.
Quote:I have a dream... That everyone in the world can write code without GOTOs, so others can understand it. Glenn, the point of this is, what if you get stuck trying to do something *really* complicated? Then you need help, you show someone your source, and because we don't all have 100 gHz processors in our heads with 40 gHz RAM :rotfl: we can't help out?
This is only for really tricky programs. I'm sure most of us could follow all the simple gotos.
ps: do you extensively test all your GOTO progs to make sure they work fine? Like, every part??
I don't understand how you read code when it... - Glenn - 03-24-2003
*is* indented. (I didn't learn to read diagaonally.) The first thing I do when I get indented code is run it through my handy dandy code unindenter.
"Folks who don't indent: How do you read your own code? "