Robin wrote

VB (and BBC Basic) have procedual and loop statements, that if used
properly negate the need to scatter GOTO statements around the
source. I can write a program in VB that would be structured
identically in C (or whatever) just replacing little bits. No
references to line numbers required.

Does the use of GOTO matter much - or at all - with modern compilers?

The main problem with GOTOs is that the make the code very hard to read
when used excessively. The problem isnt with how efficiently the code runs.

I ask as I thought that modern compilers broke stuff down into control
structures so they didn't care if you used goto or cleverer stuff.

That isnt really feasible with the worst of the mess
that the extreme use of GOTOs can produce.

But pl bear in mind that for me "modern" is anything after the mid-70s ;(