History of the 'goto' command 2 Articles

by David Harris

The "goto" command (strictly speaking it's a "keyword" and not a "command") first showed up in the original high level languages used on computers. These included Fortran and Cobol. To these were later added PL/1, Basic an...read more

by Kristopher Chambers

Ever since the late 1970s, new programming students have been taught how to use a simple instruction called GOTO, yet are told never to use it. When asked why, the usual responses given by teachers tend to range from "beca...read more