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agumonkeyyesterday at 11:28 PM1 replyview on HN

jumping backward creates all the non-linear issues I assume


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taericyesterday at 11:54 PM

Fair that it can create some. But just allowing of nested loops already creates some of these. And, I know folks have tried to disallow loops, but that feels extreme.

Again, I would point to many of Knuth's descriptions as already allowing jumps forward and backward in steps as evidence that they can be useful.