There are lots of little nice things: * you can more easily handle more than 2 options * you can more easily have a bunch of code in each case * you don't ha

There are lots of little nice things: * you can more easily handle more than 2 options * you can more easily have a bunch of code in each case * you don't have a new syntax for the compiler or programmer to have to know about, everything is just consistently an expression It is nice, and those of us who say that are usually aware of various alternative workarounds with ternaries etc.