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Dijkstra's paper "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" was an important factor in the introduction of structured programming, which in APL has led to the addition of [[control structures]] and encouraging their use in favor of the [[branch]] command. | Dijkstra's paper "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" was an important factor in the introduction of structured programming, which in APL has led to the addition of [[control structures]] and encouraging their use in favor of the [[branch]] command. | ||
Marshall Lochbaum cites [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD13xx/EWD1300.html EWD1300], "The notational conventions I adopted, and why" as | Marshall Lochbaum cites [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD13xx/EWD1300.html EWD1300], "The notational conventions I adopted, and why", and in particular the notion of spacing to represent precedence, as an influence on the design of [[I]].<ref>Lochbaum, Marshall. [https://github.com/mlochbaum/ILanguage/blob/master/doc/influences.md "I's influences"]</ref> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||