The utility of a goto is: 1. Sometimes more efficient code (state machines can make really good use of this pattern) 2. There is no structured programming equ

The utility of a goto is: 1. Sometimes more efficient code (state machines can make really good use of this pattern) 2. There is no structured programming equivalent or no good structured programming equivalent within the language. For (2), you see it a lot in the Linux kernel (and similar) code where it's utilized for early exits. Where a language like Go might use a defer statement or Java and similar might use a try/catch/finally and exceptions, C would put a bunch of clean up statements after one or more labels at the end of the function before the single return. Which label you go to (if you use more than one) would depend on how far into the function you've gotten.