From: Alan Chen <alan@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T04:04:08+09:00
Subject: Re: (OT) Re: elseif?

On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 03:36:07AM +0900, Tim Hunter wrote:
> Hal, have you ever used FORTRAN's computed GOTO statement? IIRC, you
> supply an expression followed by a list of line numbers (line numbers
> are the same as C labels, except they're, well, numbers). Control
> branches to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, whatever line number based on the value
> of the expression.
> 
> (This is based on my >20 year old memory of FORTRAN 77, so I could be
> off in the details. I believe "computed GOTO" is deprecated in current
> FORTRANs. :-)

I remember that. It was the closest thing FORTRAN 77 had to a case
statement.  IIRC F90 now has SELECT CASE. 

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Alan Chen
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