Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

[Jon.Paris@xxxxxx]

 >> You want GOTO just use the fixed format as before - you want modern
 >> constructs then avoid GOTO - no one is taking anything away.

 > Please.... we're talking about a language that is now almost state of
the
 > art for compiler design in the 1970's.

You have ignored the main point of my comment.  I said "no one is taking
anything away".  I perhaps could have said "more modern" but since that was
not the point I was trying to make ....  I find it strange that someone who
effectively describes RPG as being out of date is so passionate about a
language feature that dates from the item of the dinosaurs!

 >> Why do you presume that we will always use GOTO in the worst possible
way?

I don't - and have noted that in other messages.  But my distrust of its
use is based on 30+ years in this business which have taught me that if you
give people "weapons" they will use them - appropriate or not.



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