Author: Tony Werten
Date: 00:43:49 08/10/02
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On August 10, 2002 at 03:06:36, Ed Schröder wrote: >On August 09, 2002 at 18:52:56, GuyHaworth wrote: > >> >>Yes, a sad loss. A remarkable man. >> >>"GOTO considered harmful" and "Co-operating Sequential Processes" had a major >>effect on my thinking in the '70s. > >Together with Jackson he was one of the pioneers of "Modular Programming", in >the late 70's I had to learn his stuff. The one thing he could not convince me >is the use of the "goto" instruction, I still use it. The use of the "goto" >instruction is considered as the no.1 main sin in programming. Not anymore I think. Break and continue are considered correct instructions while basicly they are a goto. Tony > >Ed > > >>It was good to meet him at the 50th Anniversary of the inauguration of the >>world's first computer service (on EDSAC I) in Cambridge. >> >>Hopefully, someone will edit his papers in an English edition. >> >>We become the memories we leave behind. R.I.P. >> >>g
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