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		seisvelas on April 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I could do that in a weekend (2016) Counternitpick: Those subrouting calls and while statements are compiled to conditional jmps. If you squint your eyes it's just a fancy 'if'.

zimpenfish on April 30, 2020 [–]

"It's no use, @a1369209993 - it's IF statements all the way down!"

Apologies to William James' apocryphal quote.

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