Though modern computer science increasingly resembles quantum-physics and list policy informally sorts long technical posts for ' Coderpunks ', there could always be a place for basic machine logic here. An if statement is a programming conditional statement that, if proved true, performs a function or displays information. Below is a general example of an if statement, not specific to any particular programming language. " If a cypherpunk supported Jeremy Hammond they are far too stupid to be an activist let alone any kind of anarchist."