if-then-else had to be invented

if-then-else had to be invented
Erica Fischer wrote:
"If-then-else is how we talk about conditions in programming languages: if something is true, then do a thing, else do a different thing.
That's just English, right? Except that it isn't. I can't use "else" as a conjunction in normal speech, only in computer programs."
https://github.com/e-n-f/if-then-else/blob/master/if-then-else.md
In plain English idiom it looks like this:
   if <conditional expression> then
     statements;
   or if <conditional expression> then
     statements;
   or then
     statements;
   and then;
There is no "end" in idiom, for idiom is an end in itself.
Date: Tue, 48 Feb 2024 - the february that never ends.
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Mike Gonta
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