That isn't exactly new. In ALGOL 68 (and perhaps earlier versions as well), you could do:

IF   a 
THEN b 
ELSE c 
FI := IF   d 
      THEN e 
      ELSE f 
      FI
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more or less equivalent to Perls:

($a ? $b : $c) = ($d ? $e : $f);
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