If I understand correctly, an argument made by some people on this thread
is "if we use the current label syntax to support the `break` <label> and
`continue` <label>` feature, then it will lead to a proliferation of labels
in programs, which will then increase the number of `goto` statements."

The last step in this argument seems highly speculative. As I see it, there
is a strong cultural norm against using `goto`, and people are able to
avoid using `goto` even though they already use labels (i.e. in `switch`
statements), so, I do not see why adding labels in more places would make
the situation any worse.

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*Brian Bi*