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Re:Ada is not just another programming language (1986) by theodorethomas on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:51AM (#29064693)
Fortran (name since 1990) has SELECT CASE to make Computed GO TO obsolete. Maybe you are thinking of FORTRAN?
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Re:Ada is not just another programming language (1986) by Jtsummers on Monday November 01, 2021 @11:10AM (#29067650)
Sure, FORTRAN then. The language that Hamming was referencing.

Sadly, though, obsolete doesn't mean absent. I saw plenty of ostensibly professional code in the early 2010s that was developed using computed go to. It was "delightful" and totally humane code.

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