I've said "potentially expensive". Surely you must agree that while most of the time CPU cycles are indeed cheap in some applications (e.g. embedded systems or

I've said "potentially expensive". Surely you must agree that while most of the time CPU cycles are indeed cheap in some applications (e.g. embedded systems or performance-critical loops) performance counts. How is this any higher level than a switch statement? The syntax is slightly different but how exactly it hides complexity with abstraction?