Its origins are in an essay by Dijkstra from 1968 called "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful http://en.wikiped

Its origins are in an essay by Dijkstra from 1968 called "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful Plus it's a quick way to write a pithy link-bait title (not commenting on the OP, but in general) edit Actually according to Wikipedia Dijkstra's original title was different, and Niklaus Wirth changed it. I didn't know that, funny little bit of history.