Re^2: Oh noooooo!!

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <10756 at dasys1.UUCP> rpb at dasys1.UUCP (Robert Brady) writes:
>Sorry, but Dijkstra was wrong. How can you attempt to write a program that
>will be optimized in machine code by using constructs that are alien to 
>machine code?

Actually, most Algol-like languages can be better optimized with less
effort if GOTOs are outlawed.  It has almost nothing to do with whether
the machine language supports PC reloads (aka branch instructions).