pupbiru comments on ifn't

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 45 points 2 years ago (5 children)

i mean, “unless” tends to be the usual term for an “if not” keyword in languages that implement such a thing

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[–] Fal@yiffit.net 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Which is awful and incredibly confusing. I hate ruby

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[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And Perl

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

And my axe!

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

totally agree; just saying that if it’s GOT to be something, that something should probably be unless… unless . . .

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I find that you need to choose carefully when to use it. Simple cases tend to be alright. Larger, more complex conditions shouldn't touch it.

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