Subj : Re: Is well written code a rare species ?
To   : comp.programming
From : akarl
Date : Mon Aug 15 2005 09:02 pm

Scott Moore wrote:
> Chris Sonnack wrote:
> 
>>My horror story is about the self-described C programmer, who'd
>>been at it for many years, and who was surprised when I showed
>>him you could 'break' out of a for or while loop.....
>>
> 
> 
> What a coincidence. My horror story is about self-described
> C programmers who think using "break" to exit loops is a good idea.

I agree, overuse of `break' and `continue' statements is more an 
indication of poorly structured code than the absence of them. That's 
why they don't exist in some languages.

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