GOTO considered harmful is talking about spaghetti code with no higher order control structures, not about GOTO as a language feature. There are appropriate cas

GOTO considered harmful is talking about spaghetti code with no higher order control structures, not about GOTO as a language feature. There are appropriate cases for the use of the latter. Lots of quotes get abused like this. Another favorite of mine is "premature optimization is the root of all evil." Lots of people take this as "never think about performance" or "performance doesn't matter" when its true meaning is "don't let premature concern for performance blind you to other concerns or short-circuit your creativity."