>SNIP
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>>I think George Tasker hit the nail on the head in an earlier message: that he considers them the equivalent of GOTO in Basic - with all the problems that causes.
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>C'mon Al, it's nothing of the sort.
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>Goto can end up anywhere while LOOP goes to only one place and EXIT goes *only* to the place that you are going to go to anyways. There's a HUGE difference.
>I'm not arguing against your personal standard, just the justification you (and George) use for this particular one.

Whoa there, bucko. First, you do know where a GOTO will end up: either at the line number or line label. Second, the objection to it and EXIT and LOOP is exactly the same. It leads to un-structured code that's more difficult to both read and maintain.