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Screenshot of github.com: If-then-else had to be invented (2020)

If-then-else had to be invented (2020)(github.com)

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Eric Fischer's talk transcript on GitHub tracing the history of if-then-else, arguing the 'else' keyword came from a translation of the German ALGOL 58 proposal.

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If-then-else had to be invented (2020)(github.com)