Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

Randy Dunlap
2003-01-13T00:45:24Z

> 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. :(