On 2007-06-17, Tina I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back then I took a course in structured BASIC programming (now > there is a contradiction in terms) and the instructor warned > about goto time and time again. But his biggest mistake was to > tell us that if we had to use goto at least we should explain > it in a comment. So we would turn in programs with sections > like: > > 100 IF S$="YES" THEN GOTO 150 > 110 REM Go to line 150 if S$ is Yes
Once I learned GOSUB (in Commodore BASIC) I used it instead of GOTO all the time. I used it for functions long before I learned about functions in Programming 101. 100 NAME$="TED" 110 AGE=40 120 GOSUB 1000 1000 PRINT NAME$, " IS ", AGE, " YEAR(S) OLD." 1010 RETURN Named functions are so much nicer than numbered ones. -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
