Re: Using C as a back end

In an article by zs@ender.cs.mu.oz.au (Zoltan Somogyi), our
illustrious moderator inserted:
> [I think you mean assigned goto's, not computed ones. A computed goto
> takes an integer index into a fixed array of labels and jumps to one
> of them, something you can easily fake with a switch containing gotos.
> An assigned goto is jump via a variable, which I agree that standard C
> doesn't permit. -John]


The gcc documentation (gcc.info) uses the phrase "computed goto" to
refer to a jump via a variable, what you call an "assigned goto". I
make no claims about whose terminology is correct; I merely observe
that not everyone uses the terms the same way.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://www.sdsc.edu/~kst>
[Sigh. First "thunk", now "computed GOTO", next it'll be "Fortran". Oh
wait, it already happened. -John]

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