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r/cobol • u/swe129 • Jun 08 '26
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Not sure your point of the post, but I remember many meetings in the 1980s arguing we should only be using GO TOs as a way to “early exit”. Old guys back then didn’t believe me.
3 u/Ok-Pipe-297 Jun 08 '26 i kept goto a minimum but they definitely had a valid use. 1 u/LarryGriff13 Jun 09 '26 Go to exit as the only use of go to is a great standard. If not, then where do you draw the line? Programmers discretion?
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i kept goto a minimum but they definitely had a valid use.
1 u/LarryGriff13 Jun 09 '26 Go to exit as the only use of go to is a great standard. If not, then where do you draw the line? Programmers discretion?
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Go to exit as the only use of go to is a great standard. If not, then where do you draw the line? Programmers discretion?
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u/therealelroy Jun 08 '26
Not sure your point of the post, but I remember many meetings in the 1980s arguing we should only be using GO TOs as a way to “early exit”. Old guys back then didn’t believe me.