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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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> 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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