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The power of computers comes in large part through the programmer’s ability to specify the sequence in which the statements of the program are to be executed. The execution sequence is defined by such techniques as loop and if statements. Statements of this sort are called control structures.
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Marcotty, M., Ledgard, H. (1987). Control Structures. In: The World of Programming Languages. Springer Books on Professional Computing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4692-3_4
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