This technique allows for a flexible multi-way branching functionality, using a conditional branch outcome table that can be specified by a programmer.

使用可以由编程员指定的条件转移输出表，该技术允许灵活的多路转移功能。

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In the huge newsroom with rows of desks branching out from a central Arthurian round table (the place for editorial conferences) there is a strangely silent atmosphere.

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