On 10/24/06, John Meacham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 05:29:58PM +0100, Neil Mitchell wrote:
> >> Actually if-then-else isn't used that often today. Most programmers
> >> gave it up in favor of guards.
> >
> >I question both these statements. Can you cite some evidence here?
>
> I have 501 if statements in my current project. Yhc has 626. Hoogle
> has 101. If's seem pretty well used to me!
920 in jhc. "I win!" :)
Are these numbers high, or low? I have no idea unless you specify a
reference point. Compared to guards, say? Or case?
/S
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