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Re: [Ietf-dkim] Question about lone CR / LF

Hector Santos <hsantos@isdg.net> Mon, 05 February 2024 17:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-dkim] Question about lone CR / LF
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On 2/5/2024 11:50 AM, Dave Crocker wrote:
>
> (*) Lon ago, Knuth visited UCLA when I was there, and 'structured 
> programming' was a hot topic.  He did a presentation to test a 
> perspective that he later wrote up.  He observed that fully 
> structured programs, without gotos, could sometimes make code 
> /worse/.  He shows some code without any gotos that was correct but 
> extremely difficult to read and understand.  Then he showed a 
> version, with two loops -- one after the other -- and inside each 
> was a goto into the other.  OMG.  But this code was clear, concise 
> and easy to understand.
>
I recall an old corporate project SE coding guideline: usage of a GOTO 
LABEL was allowed if the LABEL is within the reader's page view, i.e. 
25 lines (using 25x80 terminal standards).

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