[TUHS] I can't drive 55: "GOTO considered harmful" 55th anniversary

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Arnold,

> > > Remember too that the C compiler had to fit in a small space;
> > > having multilevel or labelled breaks requires more bookkeeping.
> >
> > Is it more bookkeeping than is already needed to handle the ends of
> > the nested for-loops, say?
>
> Yes, since you have to keep track of a label in a table somewhere that
> you can look up.

Oh, I think our wires are crossed.

I wrote:
> Given sh(1)'s break takes an optional number of loops to break out of,
> I'm surprised C stuck with just the single-level break.

In other words, ‘break 2’ works in sh but not in C.

You added labelled breaks; I wasn't asking if they upped the
housekeeping, just ‘break 2’.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.