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    Just putting it out there, if/else is also considered a jump. The difference is that it's a jump that can only occur at that specific spot (and it reads a lot easier) and you don't have to worry about the names of the labels (which you don't have to with try/catch either, but comparing to goto). But just saying "it's a jump, which is bad" also says that if/else is bad, when it isn't. Commented Sep 13, 2011 at 17:04
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    @jsternbarg: Yes, if/else are in factcompiled to jumps at machine level, but at language level, the jump target is the next statement, while in the case of loops, it's the current statement. I would argue, that that's more of a step, than a jump ;) Commented Sep 13, 2011 at 17:46