Use of GOTO is not always bad, nor a sign of poor design. Have a look at the Linux kernel source code sometime. You will see it littered with GOTOs everywhere. GOTO is an elemental part of their error-handling paradigm, they use it in a defined and regular way. The Linux kernel is not the only major and highly regarded software project to use this method, either, it just may be the most prominent. But that said, a colleague of mine tried to employ the same paradigm to some of our own in-house code, and upper management pitched a hellacious fit when they got wind of somebody trying use GOTOs. A group of developers (very good ones) mounted a defense of it, but it was no use. Everybody flatly over-ruled, everybody shamed for having the thought.