I would have bought it if they said ifnot instead, it's the same number of characters and wouldn't require a major parser overhaul to support keywords with a ' in the name.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Fal@yiffit.net 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Which is awful and incredibly confusing. I hate ruby

[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And Perl

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

And my axe!

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

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

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 9 months 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.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, to be clear, I don't like it, I don't like it one bit:-P.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If not anybody have time for that.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

*ifn't*

Oh dear Lord what have I done!? :-P