[antlr-interest] Re: Gotos in Java (was: build issues: bytecode assembly generation)

[micheal_jor]

--- In antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com, "John D. Mitchell"
<johnm-antlr at n...> wrote:
> >>>>> "micheal" == micheal jor <open.zone at v...> writes:
> [...]
> 
> >> It seems curious that Java has a goto in its runtime but no way to
> >> express that in the language.
> 
> > I seem to remember it has something to do with Java's secure
mobile code
> > aspirations.
> 
> Well, hmm... I guess you could argue that for things like no bare
pointers
> and non-local gotos.
> 
> The reason that regular/local gotos aren't in the Java *language* are
> because they are seen as evil (from a "software engineering"
perspective).

You are right of course. Security is enforced at the byteode level and
not [just] the language level.

Micheal






 
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