"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message news:4rmdnW7aD-pYAdDenZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d at powergate.ca... > Dave Hansen wrote: >> So lose the "if." >> >> R = C then A else B I think that part of the argument for the "A if C else B" syntax is that "then" is not currently a reserved word.