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_3u10 on May 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Javascript - Beautiful Validation, No Extras.

The ternary operator is one of my favorites because it acts like 'if' in a functional language (eg. it always returns a value)

ajanuary on May 4, 2012 [–]

'if's returning a value is from expression oriented languages, not just functional. Functional languages are by necessity expression oriented because it makes no sense to have a statement in a functional language. However, not all expression oriented languages are functional.

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