On Apr 17, 9:43 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:00:18 -0700, Mensanator wrote: > > On Apr 17, 3:37 pm, baykus <baykusde...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi > > >> I am looking for one of those experimental languages that might be > >> combination of python+basic. Now thta sounds weird and awkward I know. > > > That's a clue you won't find anyone seriously contemplating such idiocy. > > >> The reason I am asking is that I always liked how I could reference- > >> call certain line number back in the days. > > > A bad idea. If you really want to write bad code, learn C. > > >> It would be interesting to get similar functionality in Python. > > > Yeah, it would "interesting" just as a train wreck is "interesting", as > > long as you're not the one who has to live through it. > > Nevertheless, somebody *has* implemented such functionality in Python. > Not just GOTO, but also COMEFROM.
Really? Well, _I_ for one, won't be beating a path to his door. > > http://entrian.com/goto/ > > > I once translated a BASIC program to Pascal (hint: no goto allowed). > > Pascal has GOTOs. I know. _I'm_ the one who didn't allow them. And the code ended up pretty damn bulletproof. > People rarely used them, because even in the 1970s and > 80s they knew that unstructured gotos to arbitrary places was a terrible > idea. That was obvious from the BASIC code, enough to make you shake your head in disbelief. > > GOTO in Pascal required that you defined a label in your code, then you > could jump to that label. You can't jump to arbitrary parts of the > program, only within the current procedure. And I deliberately made no effort to learn how to use them. And I never had a situation I couldn't solve the "proper" way. > > -- > Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
