>>>>>'a pile' doesnt begin to define it! but it was the FIRST language
>>>>>published without a GOTO! (at least in my knowledge).
>>>>
>>>>Isn't 'C' and 'Pascal' older than that?
>>>
>>>i do believe (been a while) that they both support GOTO.
>>
>>indeed they are
>>
>>Arnon
>
>GOTO??? dBase III+ also supported it! But, I guess what you mean is that
>it didn't rely on it but rather started enforcing structured programming? There
>I agree :)
dbaseII for CP/M DID NOT have a goto statement at all! and yes
it really enforced structured programming and design.
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