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		jsbg on Sept 21, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goto in Python Someone wrote an implementation of COMEFROM (a joke response to the Dijkstra article) along with GOTO in Python for an April fools' day joke as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMEFROM

sklogic on Sept 22, 2015 [–]

Comefrom is a mainstream now, not a joke any more. See the phi nodes in SSA.

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