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Re:Loop Exits and Structured Programming: Reopening the Deba... by eru on Monday June 12, 2017 @05:24PM (#14541258)
Just use functions calls already. Modern languages and compilers / interpreters have gotten good enough (at least the ones that care), that there's no need to bless a small set of control structures by being special-purpose built-in.
Re:Loop Exits and Structured Programming: Reopening the Deba... by mcguire on Monday June 12, 2017 @09:35PM (#14542379)
Lambda, the ultimate goto!
Re:Loop Exits and Structured Programming: Reopening the Deba... by eru on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:18AM (#14544836)
Yes, that's the paper I was referring. They also explain why TCO is (or should be) the natural style to write your compiler for.