Breaking out of several nested loops

[David M. Ihnat]

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(Despite the fact that the latest version of news encourages me to
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If you're stepping into this conversation this late, uh...go back and
catch up.)

Re the comment on the suggestion to use a 'goto' to get out of deeply
nested structures:

> Very UNstructured!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry--STRUCTURED CODE IS NOT RELIGION. If trying for structured code
produces more complicated, un-understandable code than the so-called
'unstructured' code, then it's getting in the way of the job. Please,
please remember: Nothing is forbidden. Gotos CAN be avoided in all
cases; but it remains a fact that there are times when a simple,
single exit point out of a deeply nested structure will be far clearer
and simpler than a convoluted approach intended to appease the ghods
of structured programming. (FYI, I *am* a proponent of structured
programming techniques; the approach I'm postulating, fortunately, was
explained to me by aprofessor long gone but not forgotten.)

Dave Ihnat
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