Meaning of if-then | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A proposition or statement about what should or does occur when a certain condition is met.
2. A conditional statement; a line of code that specifies a Boolean condition to check and a statement to execute when that Boolean evaluates to true.

Examples

“Disposition statements are always tantamount to conditional if-thens. (“Glass is fragile” amounts to “If glass is subjected to a shock⟳, it will break⟳”; “Wood is combustible” comes to “If wood is exposed to fire, it will burn”; and so on.)”

“Over time, I created a list of some of my own⟳ if-thens: If I want⟳ to get⟳ a lot of original writing done, I go to the library, where I don’t have⟳ Internet. If offered wine, I decline⟳.”

“Or maybe her if-then was shaped more like⟳ a question⟳: Surely God would not have⟳ brought this child here if it was not His plan⟳ to keep⟳ her here, right? Our if-thens can be quite similar. If God really loves me, then He won’t let⟳ my heart be broken again. If God allows a door to open⟳, then walking through it will bring⟳ me joy.”

“List Formatter makes properly-spaced & indented listings with page breaks; each statement on new line, if-thens and loops called out; a great de-bugger!”

“Storing (closed) predicate definitions in this form⟳ (if all the predicates are so stored, and there never were any cuts or if-thens in the first place⟳, we have⟳ the well-known "completion" of a logic program⟳) makes the coding of source-level tools simpler.”

“1. The problem is well bounded, 2. There are many empirical if/thens that lead⟳ to a correct⟳ solution, 3. The total number⟳ of if/thens is sufficient to bring⟳ you close⟳ to a right answer⟳ (Mazur 1987).”

“Many if-thens will degrade vector performance below that of a scalar version that computes only the correct⟳ branch.”

“Think⟳ of this process⟳ as programming with pictures, complete⟳ with loops, pauses, if-thens, and so on.”

“Finally, they use⟳ descriptions and statements from set⟳ theory to provide⟳ material for flowcharting problems that contain⟳ multiple decisions (nested if-thens).”

“Simple statements (like⟳ assignments and if-thens) are executed serially.”

“But I think⟳ that the badge system is very motivating, and if one of your goals is to get⟳ students to become⟳ more proficient in the programming, then this is certainly a way to do that. Because you set⟳ not a very high bar toward attaining these things and some of them I think⟳ are quite challenging – you know⟳, doing the ones for lists, and the if-thens, and all that.”

“However, you can neither create⟳ multiple if-thens that execute simultaneously, nor create⟳ a rule⟳ based on a file’s Kind—so this utility’s utility is limited (November 2003).”

“Have⟳ you noticed any similarities between “programming” a mechanical system and writing software? / The logical problems are absolutely the same. In the mechanical and in the computer, there are equivalents of variables and if-thens.”

“There’s some recursive programming in her that gives more weight to associative and metaphorical thinking than to logical if-thens.”

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