And in this case, the reality is the ternary operator is just a pretty bad syntax. Most teachers generally tell you to stay away from them and a lot of style gu

And in this case, the reality is the ternary operator is just a pretty bad syntax. Most teachers generally tell you to stay away from them and a lot of style guides do too. Python tried to make it more english-like just like many other of it's syntax (using and/or/not instead of && || !) and in this case it feels strange to experienced programmers who are not used to it. That being said, if you show this and javascript one to someone who's new to programming, they'll for sure understand the Python one better. Still, again that's where style guides come in. I've been coding Python for years and rarely ever used the ternary.