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Re:IF-less programming by jeremiep on Friday December 28, 2012 @08:53AM (#4977650)
My take on why ifs are "bad" is that they are statements, just like for, while, switch and others. Being statements they can't be composed as you would do with expressions.
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Re:IF-less programming by dragonwriter on Friday December 28, 2012 @12:38PM (#4978539)
That's not universally true; there are languages where if is an expression rather than a statement (e.g., Ruby.)
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Re:IF-less programming by ufo on Friday December 28, 2012 @01:21PM (#4978761)
Most languages have a ternary if operator like (?:). I don't see how this is such a big issue.
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