An APL a day keeps the doctor away! It was fun to riminisce about the goodies. I'm sorry to have disrupted the thread by adding a goto note.

Going back to the original question how to escape from nested if's. What have we learned here?

You can escape from nested if by using:

- switch (with break & default) instead of complex if
- try 'n catch
- throw
- explicit returns in a separate decision function
- labeled breaks

In what specific cases are labeled breaks worth a recommendation above other escape methods?
Any comments on using explicit returns?