# if (t0 < t1) { t2 = 1 } else { t2 = 2 }
  slt $t3, $t0, $t1
  bne $t3, $zero, then_branch
  addi $t2, $zero, 2    # else
  j end_if

then_branch: addi $t2, $zero, 1 # then end_if: nop