Why is goto poor practise? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Because the structure of the code can be difficult to follow.

This

y:
// do more stuff
goto x

p:
// do stuff
// then done
goto y;

x: 
  // do a bunch of stuff
  if (...)
      goto y;
  else
      goto p;

done:

is much less clear than

int main()
{
    x();
}


function p()
{
    if (...)
    {
         return;
    }
}


function x()
{
    if (...)
    {
         return;
    }
    else 
    {
         p();
    }
}