> No serious application whatsoever for this nonsense...
sigh, YOU again...
you may use it for
- easily leaving deeply nested recursions, without the need to return step by step
perl -e '
my $x; sub rec { goto STOP if ++$x>10; print $x; rec()};rec();STOP:'
12345678910
- easily defining specific labels and jump-commands in DSLs (Domain Specific Languages) and encapsulating all the logic within the subs.
For instance if you want to emulate and/or compile an assembler language you can easily implement it as valid perl-code then easily using Perl as macro language:
use Assembler::6502; # fictitious module
# implementing Mnemonics as subs
MARK: LDX 10;
ADD 3;
macro1(); # Perl sub to include/call mnemonics
JSR SUB2;
JMP MARK;
SUB2: ...
...
RET
serious enough?
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