Re: Leave outside of DO group??? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Leave outside of DO group???
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:26:32 -0700
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On 7/23/13 4:44 PM, DrFranken wrote:

I like James' explanation here but I stay more on the Practical side. If
I copy a chunk of code or move a chunk of code and there are "GoTo"
instructions I must carefully analyze the tags and determine if they
also must be moved or if new ones must be created.

The two are not mutually exclusive: it is precisely the avoidance of crazy jumping around (which, back in the days when interpretive BASIC was as common as cowpats, and software was frequently distributed as BASIC source code, was often used as a primitive form of obfuscation) that makes code that uses only LEAVE and/or ITERATE more structured, and therefore more portable.

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JHHL

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