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by chris12321 515 days ago
How does a modern goto differ from a traditional goto?
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"Modern" goto (well, there aren't many modern languages with goto, but anyway) is semi-structured. Most importantly, it's local: you cannot jump into or out of subroutines, which was Dijkstra's major peeve. Using goto for backwards jumps is also usually discouraged post-Dijkstra.