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10 Aug 2024 23:19:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Language of POV-Ray  
From: Jon A  Cruz
Date: 11 Mar 2000 01:47:24
Message: <38C9ED51.C008CAAA@geocities.com>
Mark Wagner wrote:

> Chris Huff wrote in message ...
> >In article <38C992EA.4C6238BD@ij.net>, Matt Giwer <jul### [at] ijnet>
> >wrote:
> >> Next, complex conditional if then else statements. Can GOTO be
> >> far behind?
> >
> >Umm, we have if-then-else statements. And switch statements. And goto is
> >a bad idea for many reasons.
>
> In "The Art of Computer  Programming", Knuth uses a GOTO in one of the
> algorithms, simplifying things greatly.
>
> Mark

And that was one out of how many? And by a 'Master' also. Only for the
advanced.   :-)

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But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.


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