RE: [PHP] The "goto" discussion on the Internals List

[snip] A more realistic speed hit is the fact that using if/elseif/else or switch statements requires on average an O( n ) lookup, whereas a proper goto implemention is O( 1 ). Now I'll give you you could do an label to function map and use that instead, but that's still O( lg n ). [/snip] Ah the good old days, when calculating clock cycles was done more than punching cards. (Fortran flashback!)