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A compound statement is a tool for
structured programming. It helps eliminate
unconditional jumps such as GOTO's.
A compound statement can be compared to the
circuit integration technology, such as
going from the Medium Scale Integration (MSI)
to the Large Scale Integration (LSI) to the
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), etc.
For example, originally several electronic chips
were required to build a small system.
Some time later these and other chips were integrated into a
single chip, and similarly other chips were integrated into
other circuits to make up an even more complicated system.
MSI LSI
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--------->\ ----
\ ---- \ VLSI
---> ---- \> /-/-
----> ---- ----> \--\
|--> / ---- /--> -^--^
| / ---- ^
------- | ---- |
| ---- |
| ---- |
---- ---- -----------
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Similarly, one might think about the compound statement as one that
integrates several other smaller, simple and/or compound statements.