Re^3: why not listed foreach and if?

Assuming that the comment you replied to was serious (rather than satire of the initial post or trolling), I believe that they were referring to JS allowing you to omit the {braces} when it's only a single statement. Perl allows if (condition) {statement;} (with braces) and statement if condition; (no braces with postfix conditional), but not if (condition) statement; (no braces with prefix conditional).

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Re^4: why not listed foreach and if? by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 02, 2025 at 20:16 UTC
Actually JavaScript and most C like languages don't see the difference between `if (<condition>) <statement>` and `if (<condition>) <block>` because a <block> can go anywhere a <statement> can go. Interestingly, and the point of difference here is, Perl requires a <block> in many places where more Cish languages are happy with just a <statement>. Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: why not listed foreach and if?
by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 02, 2025 at 20:16 UTC

Actually JavaScript and most C like languages don't see the difference between if (<condition>) <statement> and if (<condition>) <block> because a <block> can go anywhere a <statement> can go. Interestingly, and the point of difference here is, Perl requires a <block> in many places where more Cish languages are happy with just a <statement>.

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond

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