The curious case of the switch statement (fuzzy notepad)

The fuzzy notepad blog is carrying apost about the switch statement with just about everything onemight want to know about its past, present, and possible future."As we've seen, the switch statement has had basically the same formfor 49 years. The special case labels are based on syntax derived directlyfrom fixed-layout FORTRAN on punchcards in 1957, several months before myfather was born. I hate it."