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       PROGRAM GOTO_EXHORTATION
       GOTO 48
   29  PRINT *, "could one little GOTO statement do? The downside"
       GOTO 55
   13  PRINT *, "think of the children."
       STOP
   84  PRINT *, "have been left to die a quiet and forgotten death."
       GOTO 99
   66  PRINT *, "indented. A simple GOTO statement now may save a"
       GOTO 74
   47  PRINT *, "the problem to the next generation. Please,"
       GOTO 13
   18  PRINT *, "GOTO command. In this day and age, though, there are a"
       GOTO 39
   27  PRINT *, "revived by an unwary programmer--after all, what harm"
       GOTO 29
   55  PRINT *, "may not be immediately apparent, once other people"
       GOTO 11
   34  PRINT *, "nightmares will ensue. And depending on the field or"
       GOTO 98
   48  PRINT *, "Many years ago, it may have been reasonable to use the"
       GOTO 18
   39  PRINT *, "plethora of program flow structures that GOTO should"
       GOTO 84
   98  PRINT *, "industry, legacy code can persist for much longer than"
       GOTO 66
   99  PRINT *, "Nevertheless, this ancient command is occasionally"
       GOTO 27
   11  PRINT *, "become involved in reading and maintaining the code"
       GOTO 34
   74  PRINT *, "few minutes of time, but you're really just passing"
       GOTO 47
       END PROGRAM

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