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The name ''main_sub3'' of the ''goto'' destination also shows bad programming style: it is an unmeaningful name suggesting that at least two similarly unmeaningful names are used for other ''goto'' marks and it is contradictory in that a chunk of code can either belong to the main program or to a subroutine, but not both. | The name ''main_sub3'' of the ''goto'' destination also shows bad programming style: it is an unmeaningful name suggesting that at least two similarly unmeaningful names are used for other ''goto'' marks and it is contradictory in that a chunk of code can either belong to the main program or to a subroutine, but not both. | ||
β | The title text refers to {{w|Neal Stephenson}}, an author of cyberpunk novels. A label is used in many programming languages to refer to a point in a program that a goto instruction | + | The title text refers to {{w|Neal Stephenson}}, an author of cyberpunk novels. A label is used in many programming languages to refer to a point in a program that a goto instruction can jump to. The joke is that one of Stephenson's characters in ''{{w|Cryptonomicon}}'' is named Goto Dengo. When said out loud, "Dengo" sounds like "Then go." |
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