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Setout vs Goto - What's the difference?

setout | goto |

As nouns the difference between setout and goto

is that setout is an outset while GOTO is any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.

setout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an outset
  • (colloquial, dated) a display or spread
  • *1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 8:
  • *:‘You don’t hate Sissy, Tom?’
  • *:‘I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe. And she hates me,’ said Tom, moodily.
  • *:‘No, she does not, Tom, I am sure!’
  • *:‘She must,’ said Tom. ‘She must just hate and detest the whole set-out of us.
  • See also

    * set out

    Anagrams

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    goto

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (computing) Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.
  • The setjmp/longjmp facility in C is essentially a GOTO .

    Derived terms

    *GOTO-less