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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Sam question
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From: <bwc@borf.com>
> Then you never read any of Ken Thompson's code.  Goto is i C
> because is was used!  I suspect Ken, Dennis and friends did
> suffer from `goto phobia'.

have you ever read the code to namei()?

goto is there because it was/is needed.