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davidw on Aug 7, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: No ifs...alternatives to statement branching in Ja...

The program still branches (decides which code path to follow) - it just does it with a different mechanism, for instance pattern matching.

BoppreH on Aug 7, 2010 [–]

Yes, pattern matching fits the bill, thanks.

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