Just to add, I think your statement actually works in my favour rather than 
against my proposal.

People from this group are potentially biased and lack objectivity against what 
I am proposing because they are familiar with python and more experienced ones 
participated in “carved in stone” decision regarding already existent `ifelse` 
expression. 

So I expected that my proposal might even look humorous to some. E.g. In survey 
I got a comment “to learn python if I want to use it”. I am doing my best, just 
some parts of it are hard to digest in the context of other parts that are so 
easily digestible.

> On 17 Jul 2023, at 21:37, Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is NOT a good example, my first language was R, second - python, third 
> matlab, etc.
> 
> I only became familiar with C/C++ after several years of coding experience.
> 
> This is why, I would dare to say that this preference of mine is not affected 
> by prejudices.
> 
>> On 17 Jul 2023, at 20:44, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 03:13, Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Maybe for someone who majored in languages python’s if-else is more easily 
>>> understood. To me, personally, 2nd one is unbearable, while 1st one is 
>>> fairly pleasant and satisfying.
>>> 
>> 
>> This is a REALLY good example of how hard it is to be objective about
>> syntax. Being familiar with something really truly does make it
>> immensely better - for you. You're comfortable with the C syntax.
>> That's great! So am I. But that isn't a good indication of how it
>> would be accepted by someone who isn't familiar with either syntax.
>> 
>> The ?: syntax has the advantage that the evaluation order is
>> left-to-right, which is the most common (though far from universal)
>> evaluation order. That is a definite advantage, to be sure, but
>> perhaps not as big as you might think. The if/else syntax is more
>> consistent with other Python syntax by using words, though.
>> 
>> Ultimately, *all* syntax has to be learned.
>> 
>> ChrisA
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