Rant after trying Rust a bit

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 7/23/15 1:51 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 07/23/2015 06:28 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 7/23/15 10:49 AM, ixid wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 23 July 2015 at 13:33:43 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, 22 July 2015 at 21:04:57 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
>>>>> :) The example was written to save space. I recon you understand what
>>>>> I mean.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, but the if/else is one of the most useful examples of it, and is
>>>> covered by ?:, so the whole thing becomes less compelling then.
>>>>
>>>> The other places where I've used it in languages that support it are
>>>> little blocks crammed into a line and sometimes exception grabbing...
>>>> but still, the value isn't that great.
>>>
>>> If we had a clean sheet wouldn't it be better to have if return a value
>>> and ditch ternary?
>>
>> Possibly, but then you'd need to have while return a value. -- Andrei
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_type

I said awkward, not impossible. -- Andrei