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by tarabukka 4914 days ago
If is an expression in a lot of languages. The syntax you describe is identical to the "ternary statement" in C-style languages.
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jeremiep 4914 days ago
The ternary is an expression, not a statement :)

You can write: a = b ? c : d; in C/C++, you can't write a = if(b) { c; } else { d; }.

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tarabukka 4913 days ago
Oh, yeah. My mistake. Although what you describe is a lot more functional in style. You could probably emulate it in a language with higher-order functions.
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