Go to statement considered harmful
The work
| Authors | Edsger W. Dijkstra |
|---|---|
| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1968 |
| Citekey | dijkstra1968goto |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Communications of the ACM |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 147--148 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1145/362929.362947 |
|---|---|
| OpenAlex | W1994718921 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1145/362929.362947 |
|---|---|
| Free full text | https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/362929.362947 |
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Related
| Distinct from | snepscheut1983trace |
|---|---|
| Distinct from | thompson2021decline |
| Distinct from | udding1984classification |
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How it got here
| How it got here | agent via openalex |
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| Added | 2026-08-05 00:00 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-08-22 10:51 UTC |
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Cite it as
@article{dijkstra1968goto,
title = {Go to statement considered harmful},
author = {Edsger W. Dijkstra},
year = {1968},
journal = {Communications of the ACM},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
volume = {11},
number = {3},
pages = {147--148},
doi = {10.1145/362929.362947},
}
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