It is a given that structured programming – in one form or another – is a Good Thing. For years, the spaghetti of GOTOs that arose in earlier programming languages has been abhorred by all right-thinking programmers. There are good reasons for this attitude. Firstly, structured code tends to be easier to debug and, second, the code is more readable and, hence, maintainable. Both of these are productivity improvements, so the GOTO should clearly be avoided.

But, what about the break statement in C? … (more…)