Goto

Goto (goto, GOTO, GO TO or other case combinations, depending on the programming language) is a statement found in many computer programming languages. It performs a one-way transfer of control to another line of code; in contrast a function call normally returns control. The jumped-to locations are usually identified using labels, though some languages use line numbers. At the machine code level, a goto is a form of branch or jump statement. Many languages support the goto statement, and many do not (see language support).

The structured program theorem proved that the goto statement is not necessary to write programs; some combination of the three programming constructs of sequence, selection/choice, and repetition/iteration are sufficient for any computation that can be performed by a Turing machine, with the caveat that code duplication and additional variables may need to be introduced. At machine code level, goto is used to implement the structured programming constructs.

In the past there was considerable debate in academia and industry on the merits of the use of goto statements. Use of goto was formerly common, but since the advent of structured programming in the 1960s and 1970s its use has declined significantly. The primary criticism is that code that uses goto statements is harder to understand than alternative constructions. Goto remains in use in certain common usage patterns, but alternatives are generally used if available. Debates over its (more limited) uses continue in academia and software industry circles.

Goto (disambiguation)

goto is a statement found in many computer programming languages.

Goto may also refer to:

  • Goto (name), a Japanese surname, including a list of people with the name
  • GoTo (telescopes), a type of telescope mount and related software
  • GoTo.com, later Overture Services, Inc., a pay-for-placement Internet search service acquired by Yahoo!
  • Goto-gumi, a Japanese yakuza organization
  • Goto, a kind of Philippine rice congee
  • In places:

  • Gotō, Nagasaki, a city in Japan
  • Gotō Islands, Japanese islands in the East China Sea
  • In fictional characters:

  • Goto Dengo, a character in Neal Stephenson's 1999 novel Cryptonomicon
  • G0-T0, a droid in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
  • See also

  • Go (disambiguation)
  • Goto (name)

    Gotō (後藤, 五藤, 五島) is a Japanese surname. People with the name include:

  • Aritomo Gotō, an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
  • Ben Goto, a documentarist and novelist
  • Cassern S. Goto, an author
  • Gotō Chūgai, an essayist, novelist and literary critic
  • Fumio Gotō, a politician and theoretician
  • Fusanosuke Gotō, a soldier
  • Hiromi Goto, a novelist
  • Hirooki Goto, a professional wrestler
  • Hiroyuki Goto, a game designer and noted PI reciter
  • John Goto, an artist known for his photoshopped montage color photography
  • Joseph Goto (1920-1994), an American sculptor
  • Jūrō Gotō, a major general in the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War
  • Kazushige Goto, a computer research associate noted for hand-optimized assembly routines
  • Keiichirō Gotō, a photographer
  • Kenji Goto, a freelance journalist
  • Mai Gotō (actress), an actress and gravure idol
  • Mai Goto (voice actress), a voice actress
  • Maki Goto, a singer in Hello!Project
  • Masafumi Gotō, a member of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung Fu Generation
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