Concepts of programming languages (3rd ed.)
Concepts of programming languages (3rd ed.)
Structured Programming with go to Statements
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Letters to the editor: go to statement considered harmful
Communications of the ACM
Flow diagrams, turing machines and languages with only two formation rules
Communications of the ACM
The Elements of Programming Style
The Elements of Programming Style
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A control structure is a programming language construct that specifies a departure from the normal sequential execution of statements. In its broadest sense, this includes calling a procedure, resuming a coroutine (q.v.), and initiating tasks, all of which involve transferring the path of execution to another program unit. (In the case of recursion (q.v.), the "other" program unit is a copy of the calling program.) It also includes, in its broadest sense, the "parallel" (simultaneous) performance of two or more operations within a given program unit. In its more common usage, however, control Structure refers to the facilities for controlling the sequence of statement execution within a given program unit, and includes special facilities for selection control, repetition control, and exception handling. The description here is limited to this more common view. Usually, such facilities are in the form of "extended" statements, involving several parts in different lines--hence. the term control structure.