Mocka : IF ELSIF handling

While working on my PLOV compiler I got curious: how is a multicondition IF statement taken care of? Have a look at this source: 

MODULE kkk;

IMPORT  InOut;

VAR	w	: CARDINAL;


BEGIN
   w := 1;
   IF  w = 1  THEN  InOut.WriteString ("w = 1");	InOut.WriteLn;
   ELSIF  w < 2  THEN  InOut.WriteString ("w < 2");	InOut.WriteLn;
   ELSIF  w = 1  THEN  InOut.WriteString ("w still 1");	InOut.WriteLn;
   ELSIF  w = 2  THEN  InOut.WriteString ("w = 2");	InOut.WriteLn;
   ELSE
      InOut.WriteString ("the ELSE claus")
   END;
   InOut.WriteLn
END kkk.
We initialize w to '1'. Due to the IF line, "w = 1" will be printed. But how about the other conditions? The first 2 ELSIF criteria also have matching conditions. So, what will be the outcome? I won't tease you any longer. This is the output: 
      
jan@beryllium:~/modula/Plov$ kkk
w = 1

jan@beryllium:~/modula/Plov$
After the first matching condition, the appropriate action is taken and all other ELSIF conditions are skipped. This is logical, but it si also nice to know. And, in fact, an IF/ELSIF construction in fact is the same as an IF cond1 OR cond2 ... construction.

Source 1Identical to 
IF  a < 9 AND a > 2  THEN  action1  END
      
IF  a < 9  THEN
   IF  a > 2  THEN  action 1  END
END
      
IF  a = 9 OR a = 2  THEN  action2  END
      
IF     a = 9  THEN  action2
ELSIF  a = 2  THEN  action2
END

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