[tristanstcyr]

Syntactic sugar I not a bad thing. In any sufficiently complex language, most features can be simulated with other primitives. If we didn't want that, we'd all be writing lisp.

In this specific case, the IIF is harder to read. You have to go all the way to the end of the expression in order to realize intent. With 'do', you see it right away.

Like anything in engineering, it's a question of trade-offs. Do the benefits of better readability outweigh the downside of making the language more complex?