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>> you might also observe that the author enjoys his gotos
>
> If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. - ken
>
> :)

Goto Statements Considered Harmful
		-- Niklaus Wirth

(Dijkstra wrote the letter, but Wirth gave it its title.)

There's a really good scanner in Wirth's compiler book.

http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf