From: bwc@borf.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Sam question
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:06:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010820120530.A2A6819A71@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)
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Ooops. Last time I respond in a hurry!
I meant to type Ken, Dennis and friends didi NOT suffer from `goto phobia.'
Oh well.
Brantley
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From: bwc@borf.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Sam question
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 11:05:27 -0400
Message-ID: <20010819150437.A9C4F199E8@mail.cse.psu.edu>
> I believe "goto" was retained in C for the benefit of code
> generators.
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'.
Besides, every statement has an implied `goto' to the
next statement :)
Does anyone have the Knuth reference on this subject?
Brantley
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2001-08-20 12:06 bwc [this message]
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2008-07-17 22:56 [9fans] sam question Skip Tavakkolian
2008-07-18 0:28 ` erik quanstrom
2008-07-18 0:45 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-07-18 10:01 ` roger peppe
2008-07-18 13:22 ` Russ Cox
2001-08-19 18:06 [9fans] Sam question rob pike
2001-08-19 15:05 bwc
2001-08-19 15:59 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-19 12:44 rob pike
2001-08-18 7:38 nigel
2001-08-18 8:31 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-08-20 8:57 ` Luis Fernandes
2001-08-20 11:10 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-18 11:06 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-19 6:57 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-19 10:54 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-19 11:13 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-19 12:02 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-19 12:23 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-19 16:17 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-08-19 20:57 ` Dan Cross
2001-08-17 22:35 David Gordon Hogan
2001-08-18 4:47 ` Rick Hohensee
2001-08-19 6:29 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-17 22:22 geoff
2001-08-17 17:00 rob pike
2001-08-17 16:32 David Gordon Hogan
2001-08-17 16:55 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-17 17:08 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-17 17:28 ` Louis Beleos
2001-08-17 17:45 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-17 17:04 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-17 17:04 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-08-18 1:36 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-19 6:31 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-17 14:22 rob pike
2001-08-17 14:15 rob pike
2001-08-17 16:58 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-20 8:56 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-08-14 12:41 rob pike
2001-08-08 10:45 [9fans] ls -R rog
2001-08-08 17:08 ` [9fans] Sam question gene garbutt
2001-08-14 9:44 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-08-16 21:07 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-17 8:50 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-08-17 12:14 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-20 8:56 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-08-20 11:11 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-20 16:25 ` Sam Ducksworth
2001-08-20 15:11 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-21 8:37 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-08-21 9:31 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-22 2:52 ` Donald Brownlee
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