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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: transpiling to low level C
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:28:29 -0800
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:

> On 16.12.2024 00:53, BGB wrote:
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>> [...]
>>
>> Pretty much all higher level control flow can be expressed via goto.
>
> A 'goto' may be used but it isn't strictly *necessary*. What *is*
> necessary, though, that is an 'if' (some conditional branch), and
> either 'goto' or recursive functions.

Conditional branches, including 'if', '?:', etc., are not strictly
necessary either.