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[Donald Arseneau]

James Wilkinson <fedora at aprilcottage.co.uk> writes:

> Aaron Konstam wrote (about COMEFROM):
> > This joke is about 30 years old. It has been has been so long since it
> > was first mentioned that it is hard for me to explain clearly why this
> > is indeed not compilable but it is not.
> If on the other hand you have
> 10 PRINT "Hello."
> 20 COMEFROM 60
> 30 PRINT "Schrödinger may or may not have been here..."
> 40 COMEFROM 60

On the other hand, COMEFROM would be a useful adjunct to GOTO, if
the language implemented a GOTO that could only target a COMEFROM
statement.

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Donald Arseneau                          asnd at triumf.ca