It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Optimizing goto is possible, but I haven’t done it.
- In plain terms
- Goto could be optimized, but I didn’t bother.
- What can you take from it?
- Only invest effort where the benefit justifies it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is it worth optimizing a rarely used feature?
- How to measure optimization payoff?
Another view
Skipping optimization may leave performance gaps.
More from Larry Wall
I hope I'm not getting so famous that I can't think out load [sic] anymore.
Permalink to quote #110 A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.
Permalink to quote #112 As with all the other proposals, it's basically just a list of words. You can deal with that... :-)
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