Developers cannot live without it.

CPallini

The goto statement! Freshly released Lua 5.2[^] provides it. :rolleyes:

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Reiss

surely you meant bacon?

Henry Minute

Even in Italian 'C' doesn't stand for Shirley. And yes, he did forget the BACON.

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CPallini

Well, I coulnd't bacon to hell you! ;P

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Dalek Dave

Would you use a Bacon Sand Wedge when playing a Rind of golf?

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Henry Minute

Only when he is playing against Albert Ross.

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Dalek Dave

Did a little Birdie tell you that?

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StM0n

No language would be perfect w/o goto...

goto... the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can't.

(yes|no|maybe)*

Dalek Dave

:thumbsup: :)

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Dalek Dave

To be fair I only use it in Try exceptions.

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Henry Minute

Nope! It was a military chap. A Colonel something-or-other.

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Dalek Dave

A Colonel? He has come a Fair Way.

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S Houghtelin

I use the goto statement all the time! :-D I need to goto the hardware store. Goto to you room! I have to goto the bathroom. ..and... Goto hell!

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Chris Losinger

if it's good enough for the CPU, it's good enough for me.

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cptKoala

Hmm... Birdy and colonel... Why am I thinking of Michael Caine in 'The Eagle Has Landed'?

Dalek Dave

A film about Germans. You should never mix Germans and Golf, they always end up in the Bunker.

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cptKoala

And here's me thinking Golf was German :doh:

Dalek Dave

This[^] is German. This[^] is Scottish.

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cptKoala

Aah yes... The second one is definitely not German as it is missing trenches... Which gently brings me to an episode of Fawlty Towers. John can sure swing his legs about in the air.

vl2

That's a very wise decision. Lua is a meta-language. Any meta-language MUST provide goto - otherwise implementing higher level constructs could be too complicated.