Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Date | Sun, 12 Jan 2003 16:54:13 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*? |
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> commence Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu quotation: > >> The real problem is that C doesn't have a good multi-level "break" >> construct. On the other hand, I don't know of any language that has a >> good one - some allow "break 3;" to break 3 levels- but that's still bad >> because you get screwed if somebody adds an 'if' >> clause.... > > Perl's facility for labelling blocks and jumping to the beginning or end > with 'next' and 'last' may be close to what you want, but I don't know if > it's ever been implemented in a language one could sensibly use to write a > kernel.
Yes, Burroughs (who?) implemented it in System Development Language (SDL) more than 20 years ago. Worked very well.
~Randy (I hope I don't find more of this thread to reply to. :(
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