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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 15:09:47 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 12:40:02 -0000 (UTC)
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com <Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote at 09:17 this Friday
>(GMT):
>> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 23:29:21 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>On 4 Apr 2024 11:20:48 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>
>>>> And let me tell you, when you start getting into that kind of nested
>>>> stuff with not parentheses in view, even the "?:" notation can start
>>>> looking pretty darn mysterious to some folks.
>>>
>>>This is where indentation helps. E.g.
>>>
>>>    a =
>>>        b ?
>>>            c ? d : e
>>>        : f ?
>>>            g ? h : i
>>>        : j;
>>
>> Just use brackets. Saves a lot of pain.
>
>
>Or just use if blocks if it's too complex.

Indeed. It might not look as "l33t", but with modern compilers it'll end
up as the same assembler anyway.