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cond
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Basis Function Combinator
This combinator works like a case statement. It expects a single quote
on the stack that must contain zero or more condition quotes and a
default quote. Each condition clause should contain a quoted predicate
followed by the function expression to run if that predicate returns
true. If no predicates return true the default function runs.
It works by rewriting into a chain of nested `ifte` expressions, e.g.::
[[[B0] T0] [[B1] T1] [D]] cond
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[B0] [T0] [[B1] [T1] [D] ifte] ifte
Gentzen diagram.
Definition
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Derivation
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Source
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