<i>If-statements return the value of the expression they evaluate to, so Nimrod doesn't need a </i><b>ternary operator</b>.</i>
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<td>
```C
void foobar(person_t *a) {
person_t b;
b = *a;
b.name = "Bob";
*a = b;
}
```
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```Nimrod
proc foobar(a: ref TPerson) =
var b: TPerson
b = a[]
b.name = "Bob"
a[] = b
```
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<td><b>Dereference.</b><i>In C, only the pointer to the strings in the struct is copied. In Nimrod, the string is also copied, but refs are not deep-copied.</i></td>