Chown ???

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Sat Apr 11 01:34:08 UTC 2009


On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 11:07 -0400, James Kosin wrote:
> Actually, GOTO was very heavily in BASIC programming language.  There
> was no idea of statement blocks back then.

I suppose that depends on which BASIC and when.  There were alternatives
to GOTO, such as GOSUB.

> It may be the only language at the time where it isn't considered
> taboo.

'twas considered taboo in BASIC when I studied at college.  Of course
there's cases where it is the best/only option, but you'd get castigated
for using at any other time.


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