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Böhm-Jacopini theorem: a standalone construct

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Programming languages

the result that any flowchart program can be expressed using only sequence, selection and iteration.

In programming languages, Böhm-Jacopini theorem refers to the result that any flowchart program can be expressed using only sequence, selection and iteration. This meaning comes from Böhm (1966) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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References

Böhm, C., & Jacopini, G. (1966). Flow diagrams, turing machines and languages with only two formation rules. Communications of the ACM, 9(5), 366-371. https://doi.org/10.1145/355592.365646

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