public class Basic''''''Emulator { static void GOTO( int linenumber ) { switch( linenumber ) { case 10: System.out.println( "Hello, World" ); case 20: GOTO( 10 ); } } public static void main( String[] args ) { GOTO( 10 ); } } Please note that the fall-through feature of the switch-statement is actually necessary here. ---- ''The above code will result in a stack overflow. Try this:'' import java.util.*; public abstract class Basic''''''Emulator { public interface Command { void run(); } private int currentLine = 0; private Sorted''''''Map commands = new Tree''''''Map(); public Command PRINT(final String value) { return new Command() { public void run() { System.out.println(value); } }; } public Command GOTO(final int value) { return new Command() { public void run() { currentLine = value - 1; } }; } public void line(int line, Command command) { commands.put(line, command); } public void execute() { //lines(); int maxCommand = 0; try { maxCommand = commands.lastKey(); catch (Exception e) {} for (currentLine=0; currentLine <= maxCommand; currentLine++) { Command command = commands.get(currentLine); if (command != null) command.run(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { new Basic''''''Emulator() {{ line(10, PRINT("Hello, World!")); line(20, GOTO(10)); }}.execute(); } } ---- CategoryJava CategoryLanguageImplementation