I'm in my 40s, wasn't coding in the 70s. Horrible use of code is a different thing from removing something entirely, though. Just that almost every language removed goto as a response is kind of amazing to me.
replyDijkstra actually had a much more reasonable title on the article.
replyIt was the editor of the publication Niklaus Wirth that changed the title to goto considered harmful.
Dijkstra was arguing for procedures with a single entry point and a single exit point. So it is easier to reason about what a procedure does.
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