On Friday 03 October 2014 06:59:31 Erik Christiansen did opine And Gene did reply: > On 03.10.14 10:29, andy pugh wrote: > > But, this leaves no scope for the (I shudder to mention this even > > amongst GOTO advocates) computed GOTO. > > ISTM that the computed GOTO went extinct around the time that the more > structured switch statement invaded that ecological niche in the > programming world. Since our cpus are sufficiently faster than the > machinery they control, there is no tangible run-time cost to > synthesising a switch and its cases with "if ... elseif ... endif", I > figure. > > So we can safely run away without opening Pandora's can of worms, as > Gene might adroitly put it. > > Erik
That is a mixed metafore but good for a chuckle. Fairly accurate, I would be the first to say I resemble that remark. I like it & will assume its flowers. Thanks Erik. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
