Goto statement considered harmful

Dedicated to the history buffs out there:

no warnings;EWDs:;SHORTEST_PATH:$dijkstra;goto considered;;harmful:
;sought;formal,verification;$algol=(qw[forefather of c c inspired],
,qq[Just another Perl hacker,\n])    [5];RECURSION_ELIMINATION:goto
KNUTH;wirth;considered:goto harmful;PASCAL:;abolished:;in;modula II
;;;;KNUTH:"considered";goto efficient;efficient:$in_some,qw/cases/;
FORTRAN;BASIC;should;never,be;taught;print $algol or say with Lisp;
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Inspired by MJD's blog: Dijkstra was not insane, Knuth's Paper on Goto, many articles on Wikipedia on topics in early CS, and an enjoyment of the history of computer languages.

Dave

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Re: Goto statement considered harmful by koolgirl (Hermit) on Sep 05, 2011 at 00:47 UTC
`"FORTRAN;BASIC;should;never,be;taught" ";print $algol or say with Lisp;" [download] [add readmore]` [download] LOL! ++ davido "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.." -- George Bernard Shaw	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Goto statement considered harmful by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 05, 2011 at 10:40 UTC
In defense of goto: `coffee alcohol are considered harmfull too but we suck them down` [download] :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply] [d/l]