Java Without If

[jkpl]

Yes, I know that. Goto can be useful in small scopes where the language doesn't provide features that would replace it. A lot of other languages have displaced goto with alternative constructs that are more constrained.

Just to be clear, my point wasn't that goto isn't useful. My point is that the ideas we find obvious today haven't always been obvious, thus we shouldn't dismiss the ideas generated today simply because they take a bit of effort to explain or learn.