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From: Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid>
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Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> writes:

> 'if' is two keys plus 'then' is four for six keys. '?' is two keys.
> 'else' is four keys, ':' is two.

But 'then' is not Java.

> Advantage: '?:' ten to four.
> But for clarity, most ternary expressions require a pair of parentheses, 
> adding four keys. Now the advantage is ten to eight. 
> And '?:' loses its place as an operator.

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Jukka Lahtinen