[Numpy-discussion] Python needs goto

[Christophe Bal]

Very funny !  😂
Le 25 sept. 2015 07:53, "Alexander Eberspächer" <alex.eberspaecher at gmail.com>
a écrit :

> On 24.09.2015 21:12, Charles R Harris wrote:
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> > I find Cleve Moler's old Fortran version of Brent's zero finding
> > algorithm using gotos clearer than the structured versions you can find
> > in Numerical Recipes. The operation of the algorithm is easiest to
> > describe as a finite state machine.
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> I need to look into that piece of Fortran code. I've never (knowingly)
> implemented a state-machine myself. However I can say that specifically
> Fortran has named loops, which probably helps to avoid many uses of goto.
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> > However, the post was for laughs, I didn't expect serious discussion.
>
> Well, then let me fill in the missing piece - the obligatory XKCD strip:
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> https://www.xkcd.com/292/
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> Alex
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