goto
see also: GOTO, Goto
Noun

goto (plural gotos)

  1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of GOTO#English|GOTO
    Overall, experience in the two decades that followed the publication of Dijkstra's letter showed the folly of producing goto-laden code.

GOTO
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɡəʊtuː/
Noun

goto (plural gotos)

  1. (programming) Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.
    The setjmp/longjmp facility in C is essentially a GOTO.
Verb

goto (gotos, present participle gotoing; past and past participle gotoed)

  1. (programming) To reach (a point in a program) by means of a GOTO instruction.
    • 1983, Charles Seiter, Robert Weiss, Pascal for BASIC Programmers, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
      If we were GOTOed from 310 we GOTO 320.
    • 1984, Microcomputing
      Cross reference programs show program structure by displaying line numbers that are GOTOed or GOSUBed to from other lines in the program, and listing the line numbers in which different variables appear.
    • 1987, Douglas S. Stivison, Introduction to Turbo Pascal, Sybex ISBN 9780895884145
      There is no way of falling into or GOTOing a procedure. The procedure can only be invoked by name as a subroutine.
    • 1990, Computer Languages, Time-Life Books, ISBN 0-8094-7574-X, page 44
      She and her hosts could not understand one another until Hopper remembered some COBOL commands. "MOVE," she said, pointing to herself. "GOTO Osaka Hotel." The Japanese immediately understood and delivered her to her lodging.
    • 1991, Gerald C. Cohen, Structured Representation for Requirements and Specifications, NASA, page 25
      Next - goto the next entity defined in the module

Goto
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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