>>>>> "JH" == Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@zope.com> writes: JH> In part, I'm sure it's because I don't use it in any of my own JH> C code, so it's an oddball control flow constructs to my eyes. JH> I'm not sure that I'd like to see Python programmers acquire JH> to many ways to spell if :-). IOW, explicit is better than implicit even in C code. :) -Barry