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In addition to operations performed upon numbers, symbols, and lists, Scheme has control operations. Recall from Chapter 1 that control operations are an important element that separates computers from simpler computational devices. Control operations allow decisions to be made. Different actions are taken based on the given conditions. Lef s look at how Scheme handles control.
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Grillmeyer, O. (1998). Conditionals. In: Exploring Computer Science with Scheme. Undergraduate Texts in Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2937-5_5
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