Rant after trying Rust a bit

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 07/23/2015 09:18 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 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

It's not awkward.