[ On Sunday, August 25, 2002 at 13:19:43 (-0400), Andrew Brown wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: compiler tweak offered
>
> >> If I were designing new features for the C language, I'd probably
> >> want the loop label to be just like an ordinary label, thus:
> >> 
> >>         outer:  for (x=list; x; x=x->link) {
> >>                     while (...) {
> >>                         ...
> >>                         if (...) continue outer;
> >
> >Ah, yes, that makes more sense to me too, and if I'm not mistaken
> >there's already prior art for using labels on 'continue' and 'break' (I
> >just can't remember where at the moment -- ah, yes, Java & JavaScript.)
> 
> not for nothing, but perl does this also, and predates java and
> javascript.

I have a definite mine block when it comes to remembering perl features....

(though I'm sure I could find examples of them all in a pretty-printed
version of SelfGOL :-)

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