Comments on: Goto.js

By: 悉尼

悉尼 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:37:44 +0000

This is a great script!
Thanks so much for sharing.

By: Dannii

Dannii — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:41:21 +0000

I think we need the Winter of ComeFrom now! However it should not be used with labels, instead relative jumps are needed.

By: RoG

RoG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:39:56 +0000

You made me laugh so much, that I’m thinking to implement GOTOs in a bunch of languages for the next april’s fool.

I just couldn’t resist to talk about the “awesomeness” of GOTOs in my blag (http://blogs.cemzoo.com/rogelio/blog/u98/124826-maravillas-de-la-programacion-goto.html).

By: rpcutts

rpcutts — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:54:04 +0000

Excellent. XD
Glad to see the nod to Dijkstra.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:54:07 +0000

@Stamp

Thanks for the input man, however, I may or may not have linked to that comic myself, on the actual page. :D

@Michael

Thanks for channeling Guido for me. He’s my hero. Time machine and all.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:52:39 +0000

How are you people missing that this is a joke? Step away from the warm glow of your monitor for a few moments and regain your foothold on reality.

By: Michael Chermside

Michael Chermside — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:48:03 +0000

As with most everything else you can think of , this feature is already available for Python. After reading your excellent article here, Richie Hindle borrowed Guido’s time machine and went back just over 5 years to add goto to the Python language:

http://entrian.com/goto/

Michael Chermside

(PS: this really IS a great hack! Now if I could just get Guido to loan ME the time machine, I’d go back and add goto to the first language I ever learned: Basic.)

By: Stamp

Stamp — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:47:14 +0000

WHY?? Call functions instead!!!!!

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER USE GOTO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_code

Also: http://xkcd.com/292/