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-A statement in many ProgrammingLanguages
which causes an unconditional branch to an arbitary point in the current function or method. In a host of early [BASIC] dialects, it was the only control structure available besides ''
if''
statements.
+A statement in many ProgrammingLanguage~s
which causes an unconditional branch to an arbitary point in the current function or method. In a host of early [BASIC] dialects, it was the only control structure available besides <tt>
if</tt>
statements.
-Despite being maligned in general use, GoTo is still the best way to describe [
FiniteStateMachine]
s such as parsers in these languages.
+Despite being maligned in general use, GoTo is still the best way to describe FiniteStateMachine~
s such as parsers in these languages.
-See GoToStatementConsideredHarmful
+It's also used in [C] programming a lot to provide something resembling "exceptions", particularly "finally" clauses: a <tt>goto out</tt> where <tt>out</tt> is a label just before the final <tt>return</tt>.
+
+
See GoToStatementConsideredHarmful.
+
+----
+Part of CategoryProgramming
