Sadly it's needed in all the languages that don't have if-expressions.
But I have the feeling, newer language designs include if-expressions instead of if-statements more often.
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Sadly it's needed in all the languages that don't have if-expressions.
But I have the feeling, newer language designs include if-expressions instead of if-statements more often.