SICP exercise 1.04

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Problem

Describe the behavior of the following procedure:

(define (a-plus-abs-b a b)
  ((if (> b 0) + -) a b))

Solution

The if expression checks whether the value of the procedure argument b is positive. If it is, the if expression evaluates to the primitive +, otherwise it evaluates to the primitive -. This primitive is then applied to its arguments, the values of the procedure arguments a and b.