My newbie annoyances so far

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <59f5btF2k70baU2 at mid.individual.net>, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:

> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> 
>> HP RPL made more sense: b if c [else d] end
> 
> Please explain.
> 
> HP RPL: b if c [else d] end
> Python: b if c else d
> 
> What's the "more sense" here?

The HP RPL leaves even more questions.  If the square brackets mean the
``else`` part is optional, what would be the result of the expression if
`c` is `False`?

Hypothetical HP RPL syntax construct in Python::

  x = 42 if False end
  print x   # -> ???

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch