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From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: TeX and Pascal [was Re: The joy of FORTRAN]
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 16:34:15 -0700
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Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 10/1/2024 3:48 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:14:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> And knowing that
>>> p=(x>y?3:2);
>> I would have done it without the parentheses. There’s too much parenthesis
>> clutter around as it is.
> 
> Add some spaces, and you've got something downright readable:
> 
>     p = x > y ? 3 : 2;
> 
> Maybe add parentheses around the comparison, especially if it's long or 
> complex, which this isn't:
> 
>     p = (x > y) ? 3 : 2;
> 
> It's idiomatic C. It's everywhere. Perl and Python have something 
> similar. So does Unisys ALGOL, not that anyone cares:
> 
>     P := IF X > Y THEN 3 ELSE 2;
> 
> If you want to see gratuitous cleverness for the sake of cleverness, 
> there's this:
> 
>     p = (x > y) + 2;
> 
> Please don't do that. Would you write:
> 
>     P := REAL((X > Y) AND TRUE) + 2;
> 
> if you were doing this in ALGOL?
> 
> I didn't think so.
> 
> Louis
> 
> 
> 
> 

I like the Unisys version. At the cost of a couple of characters it’s
readable. The C version is not straightforward for those of us for whom C
is a second or third language.

-- 
Pete