Checking conditions [IF ... THEN ... ELSE] performance

[roadrunner]

When time is an issue in any particular program the equivalent can be achieved with current PPL code using nested if's or the case function. Here's an example:

Code:

EXPORT eraseme1()
BEGIN
 if 1==1 then
  if wait(5)==5 then "true"; end;
 else "false"; end;
END;

export eraseme2()
begin
 if 1==2 then
  if wait(5)==5 then "true"; end;
 else "false"; end;
end;

eraseme1() returns "true" and takes 5 seconds to run while eraseme2() returns "false" and takes a fraction of a second to run.

-road