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Unconditional Branching (GOTO)

• Problem: readability

• Some languages do not have them: e.g., Modula-2 and Java

• They require some kind of statement label

• Label forms:
  • Unsigned int constants: Pascal (with colon), FORTRAN (no colon)
  • Identifiers with colons: ALGOL 60, C, C++
  • Identifiers in << ... >>: Ada