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Essential to a computer program is action. That is, a program must do something with its data—even if that action is the choice of doing nothing! Statements describe these actions. Statements are either simple (e.g. the assignment statement) or structured.
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Jensen, K., Wirth, N. (1975). The Concept of Action. In: PASCAL User Manual and Report. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37500-5_5
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