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by sundarurfriend 3625 days ago
Just FYI, I asked a pretty similar question a few months ago here [1]. The main arguments for pattern matching seemed to be that:

* [at least some] compilers will check for exhaustiveness

* "Pattern matching isn't just conditional matching. It's also binding, and even some common operations. "

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11159321