• Speaking of big cumbersome things with wildly different syntax have you tried a ternary operation in python lately? Omg that thing is ugly. JavaScripts is hard to beat.

    uglyTernary = True: if python_syntax == “shit” else: False prettyTernary = javascript_syntax == “pretty” ? true : false

    • @limdaepl@feddit.org
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      03 months ago

      That’s just because you’re used to it. The pythonic ternary is structured like spoken language, which makes it easier to read, especially if you nest them.

      Is there an objective argument for the conventional ternary, other than „That’s how we’ve always done it!“?

      • Ephera
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        13 months ago

        The conventional ternary is structured like a normal if-else. In fact, in many languages with functional influence, they’re the same thing.

        For example, you can write this in Rust:

        let vegetable = if 3 > 4 { "Potato" } else { "Tomato" };