James Wilkinson <fedora(a)aprilcottage.co.uk> writes:
Aaron Konstam wrote (about COMEFROM):
> This joke is about 30 years old. It has been has been so long since it
> was first mentioned that it is hard for me to explain clearly why this
> is indeed not compilable but it is not.
If on the other hand you have
10 PRINT "Hello."
20 COMEFROM 60
30 PRINT "Schrödinger may or may not have been here..."
40 COMEFROM 60
On the other hand, COMEFROM would be a useful adjunct to GOTO, if
the language implemented a GOTO that could only target a COMEFROM
statement.
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