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Re:If-then-else had to be invented by chx on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:15PM (#25410911)
Fascinating. English is not my first language but I thought https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what_else_is_new and https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/what-else-can-somebod... are perfectly fine phrases.
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Re:If-then-else had to be invented by _vlamacko on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:35PM (#25411103)
That's "else" used as an adverb, not a conjunction. Author is talking about the latter.
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