Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Bob Worm
From : Dr. What
Date : Tue Jan 09 2024 08:03:29

-=> Bob Worm wrote to Dr. What <=-

 BW> Leaving to university still not really sure why GOTOs were bad was
 BW> probably not an ideal starting position!

Ha!  Probably not.

When I was in high school, by the time they formally taught programming, there
were a number of us who knew more than the teacher.  The teacher was smart and
made friends with us and we helped things along in the computer lab.

But he also gave us more challenging assignments than the "regular" class.  One
day, one of the "regulars" wanted to see my program.  His only comment was
"there's only 3 GOTOs".  I responded with "Ya, that's all I needed." and he was
really confused.

But then I realize that the first program that they get taught is
10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD ";
20 GOTO 10

and they must get a subconscious idea that GOTOs should be as numerous as
PRINTs.


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