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Generally is there a performance difference between using an if block with many else ifs compared to a switch case block? Do some languages or style conventions prefer one over the other?
Specifically I am curious about Matlab, C, and C++
A switch can be optimized by the compiler, in some cases, into a lookup table and branch. This could be considerably faster than multiple if/else-ifs.