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This is, in fact, a great solution in certain contexts: http://wwwens.uqac.ca/~flemieux/PRO102/goto_Rubin.pdf http://wwwens.uqac.ca/~flemieux/PRO102/goto_Rubin

• cellularmitosis 15y ago
  Agreed, goto can actually be a great way to adhere to DRY when dealing with a lot of similar error condition checks. Used in the right context, it's bad rap is undeserved.
  • masklinn 15y ago
    > it's bad rap is undeserved. Its bad rap is entirely deserved. Goto is a fine tool in a few cases, but it's an awful general-purpose tool when better control structures exist, and its usage in this case — common when structured programming got its start — makes code significantly worse.