much better for the majority of cases. For conditional
testing, the <code class="mendoza-code">cond</code>, <code class="mendoza-code">case</code>, and <code class="mendoza-code">when</code> macros can be used to
great effect. <code class="mendoza-code">cond</code> can be used for making an if-else chain, where using
just raw <code class="mendoza-code">if</code> forms would result in many parentheses. <code class="mendoza-code">case</code> is
similar to <code class="mendoza-code">switch</code> in C without 