goto statement

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-04-21, Sergei Organov <osv at javad.ru> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> writes:
>
>> On 2005-04-21, Peter Maas <peter at somewhere.com> wrote:
>> > Maxim Kasimov schrieb:
>> >> but what if i just can't to do this becouse i'm working thrue ssh, and 
>> >> have to use only installed editors (such as vi)
>> >
>> > - at first line of block enter: ma (mark line as 'a')
>> > - go to last line of block
>> > - enter :'a,.s/^/###/ (insert 3 comment chars at begin of line,
>> >    starting from line marked as 'a' to current line)
>> 
>> Sure, but what about the case where his program is on paper
>> tape and all he has for an editor is an ice pick?
>
> Then inserting goto doesn't seem to be an acceptable option either ;)

Scissors, tape, and a box full of prepunched "goto" and "label"
statements.  Of course you could do the same with a bunch of
pre-punched """ tape-chunks.

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