From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-09-11T00:14:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby aesthetics

Just FYI, the Python way to do the short condition like below is

    if !condition: statement

And we can see how Python is really consistent in terms of code
layout that the "if" is always in front; there are not so many ways on
how to layout a code in Python.

Regards,

Bill
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dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:
> For example, I like the:

>    statement unless condition

> idiom, at least for short statements and conditions, at least in some
> cases.  I'm glad it exists in Ruby, and it's actually the place where
> I'm most likely to use "unless".  But putting "unless" in C, via a
> macro, does not mean that C can do what this idiom does, by way of
> expressiveness (in my opinion).