[LinuxBIOS] flashrom: patch for jedec.c

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Nov 17 19:24:07 CET 2006


> The initial idea why you should _not_ use GOTOs is that GOTOs suck ;-)
> There was a paper called "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" from
> Edsger W. Dijkstra (and that man probably knows what he's talking  
> about)
> in 1968 (!). GOTOs usually produce unreadable, unmaintainable code and
> should generally not be used.

Using gotos instead of higher-level control structures is evil.
Using such control structures to simulate goto is just as evil.


Segher





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