About

conditional are expressions that:

• determines the next statement to execute
• by evaluating a comparison expression

Ultimately, they are predicate that returns a boolean.

They model a flow of statements.

They are translated into conditional CPU instruction.

List

• Switch / case A switch is a multi-way branch.
• Language - Conditional operator (ternary)
• Grammar - If Statement
• Grammar - For
• loop

Branch prediction

The performance of an if-statement depends on whether its condition has a predictable pattern. See CPU - Branch