Why do we need break after case statements?

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Published on 2010-04-25T22:58:15Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 23:03 UTC
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Why doesn't the compiler automatically put break statements after each code block in the switch? Is it for historical reasons? When would you want multiple code blocks to execute?

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