On 02-06-2013 19:44, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/2/2013 12:49 AM, Brad Roberts wrote:
Many if not most of those non-unix platforms use gcc, which is
included in the
set of compilers that does support it. The point is, which you didn't
change,
is that's it's a defacto standard even if not technically in the c or c++
language specs.
The curious question is why it never gets into the newer C and C++
Standards.
That one's easy: It makes 'too many' assumptions about the capabilities
of the target machine. Sort of like assuming signed integers overflow.
In practice, though, any relevant target can support computed gotos.
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