Quote: replaced Algol's switch statement with case statement; mirrors dynamic structure of a program; eliminates extraneous labels

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The switch declaration and the switch designator [of Algol 60] have been abolished. Their place has been taken by the … evaluation) of one from a list of statements … Like the conditional, it mirrors the dynamic structure … for introducing a large number of labels in …   Google-1   Google-2

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