Why ELIF?

[Erik Max Francis]

metal wrote:
> I wonder the reason for ELIF. it's not aligned with IF, make code ugly
> IMHO
> 
> OR maybe better?
> 
> if foo == bar:
> 	...
> or foo == baz:
> 	...
> or foo == bra:
> 	...
> else:
> 	...

Because that's uglier.  `or` means something completely unrelated in 
expressions.  Variations of `else if` in `if ... else if ...` chains is 
routine in computer languages.  Choosing a deliberately different syntax 
just for the sake it of is obtuse at best.

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