Code basics

[Jeff Pinyan]

[posted & mailed]

>while( notDone )
>{
>    int chip = this.getNumberOfSomething();
>    if (chip == 10 )
>    {
>        System.out.println("Tjohoo");
>    }
>    else
>    {
>        System.out.println("Oh no!");
>    }
>}

I'll be a jerk, and do this brevity-style:

  while notDone:
    print ("Oh no!","Tjohoo")[this.getNumberOfSomething() == 10]

Now, I ask you folk, is that "bad" Python?  Is that "bad" programming in
general, to be brief and succinct like that?  I'm curious -- I have a
tendency to do things like that. :)

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