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40 pointsfredyr11y ago4 comments

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simplify11y ago· 2 in thread

For representing `if` statements in JavaScript, what was the reasoning for using a function over a ternary?

fredyrOP11y ago

I changed from the ternary representation to the function, because I didn't think the generated code was very readable. In hindsight I'm not sure it's that much improvement. From a performance view it's probably worse off.

zeckalpha11y ago

Rule 1: Do not make assumptions about JavaScript performance.

zeckalpha11y ago

Awesome! This should demonstrate to the masses how easy it is to make language transpilers in ML family languages. Can't get much simpler than that.

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