The point is that you cant tell the machine “dont do A”… AFTER IT HAS EVALUATED A. Not to mention…IF (A) THEN {B} ELSE IF (C) { PREVENT A }fine… what if my previous line to that one isIF (A) THEN (D)… what is PREVENT A supposed to do? which one of these unassociated values in the queue are you supposed to stop? How does it know it’s supposed to go to the Else while A is true? Everything moving forwards, everything able to be checked immediately and the appropriate action taken without needing to look backwards…

Source: CNN November 16, 2023 14:37 UTC