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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
24-Ruby IV
June 23, 2012
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Programming without Add line

  • June 23, 2012
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There was a famous article by Edsger Wybe Dijkstra "Programming without GOTO".

We can "Programming without Add line" in Mathcad Prime:

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rschor1-Visitor
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July 3, 2012

I believe that Dijkstra's article was called "Goto Statement Considered Harmful". I actually remember reading this when it came out ...

Bob Schor

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VladimirN24-Ruby III
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July 3, 2012

Article "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" by Edsger W. Dijkstra (article from Communications of the ACM, Vol. 11, No. 3, March 1968, pp. 147-148) can be found in the attachment.

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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IVAuthor
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July 3, 2012

Thanks Bob and Vladimir.

"Programming without goto" is second more famous name of this article. I think.

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rag1-Visitor
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July 4, 2012

Valery Ochkov schrieb:

We can "Programming without Add line" in Mathcad Prime:

Seems that I am missing the point - what's the benefit of doing so?

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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IVAuthor
24-Ruby IV
July 5, 2012

The point one is that we can use only one button of the Programming tools - the bottom (operator) while.

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