It’s in Intercal, a joke language from '70s. Mark Rendle describes it here in his talk at NDC. This whole talk is ridiculous btw.
This is the same language where you have to say
PLEASEsometimes or it won’t compile. But if you sayPLEASEtoo much, the compiler will think you’re pandering and also refuse to compile. The range between too polite and not polite enough is not specified and varies by implementation.I love how arbitrary, cultural and opinionated that must be to work with. You’d learn something about the implimenter of the compiler by using it for a while.
This is hilarious!
Wh… what do you mean, “originally as a joke”?
That sounds like a fucking nightmare. I had to troubleshoot poorly-written-yet-somehow-functional GOTOs a lot when I was a BAS technician and that’s annoying enough.
I honestly thought C++ (aka dumping ground of programming concepts) would implement this for “completeness”.
They should add it in C++26
C++60
Guy who worked at my place before me kept using these and GOTO statements all over the place.
His name? Cotton-eyed Joe
where did you COMEFROM where did you GO…TO
where did you COMEFROM, cottonEyedJoe2
Reference to Cottoneyed Joe considered harmful
I almost spat out my drink when I saw this
Thanks for the catchy tune, now the song sticks in my mind again. Last time was long time ago. :)
PLEASE COMEFROM 🏷
COMEFROM is my go to function;
So, an aspect
shut your mouth
Aaahhh, this is horrifying! You’ve ruined my breakfast 🙀
am i the only dumb fuck here who unironically likes this?
would make goto type situations much more usable
I don’t see any case where this is better than a goto. A goto you can read progressively though. A comefrom you’d see written then have to track to that piece of code and remember there’s a potential hidden branch there.
It’s basically a simpler version of a callback
more practical than goto
Looks like C# 12 interceptors:
[InterceptsLocation(@"C:\testapp\Program.cs", line: 4, column: 5)]I know it looks awful, but it’s not intended for direct use, but rather for source generators for native ahead of time compilation.
https://andrewlock.net/exploring-the-dotnet-8-preview-changing-method-calls-with-interceptors/
You’re gonna love HCF then!
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