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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by paxys on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:18PM (#23024453)
All programming is just if statements. That doesn't mean systems can't be complex.
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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by adrianN on Thursday April 30, 2020 @12:51AM (#23027547)
If you're creative you can get away without conditional branches: http://www.jucs.org/jucs_2_11/conditional_branching_is_not/R...
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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by a1369209993 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:29PM (#23025289)
Not true; if the conditional branch goes backward then it's a (possibly do-) while statement. Also subroutine calls.
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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by seisvelas on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:34PM (#23026264)
Counternitpick: Those subrouting calls and while statements are compiled to conditional jmps. If you squint your eyes it's just a fancy 'if'.
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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by zimpenfish on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:19AM (#23027667)
"It's no use, @a1369209993 - it's IF statements all the way down!"

Apologies to William James' apocryphal quote.

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