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[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 45 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 21 points 5 months ago

Which is awful and incredibly confusing. I hate ruby

[-] msage@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

And Perl

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

And my axe!

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 5 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 5 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.

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