Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:37:01 -0600 | From | Billy Rose <> | Subject | Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*? |
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At 04:59 PM 1/12/2003 -0500, Adam Kropelin wrote: >The use of goto in the kernel surprised me the first time I saw it, too. >However, rather than hurry to point out how much more I knew about C >style than the kernel hackers, I stayed quiet and made a learning >experience of it. I suggest you do the same. > >--Adam
every article i have read (an agreed with) on operating system internals, has stated that the goto is considered taboo in C... _except_ in operating system code where speed is critical, and goto can increase readability. i taught myself how to program by single stepping through assembly code on a DOS machine. i have found that too much structure leads not to modular code that is easy to maintain, but a nightmare of conditionals that cause your head to throb trying to trace the state of an execution. being that i am partial to assembly, perhaps i am biased in the matter.
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