Yup, guard statements are indeed great. I am using them all the time. They say more than an if statement, they "guard" the rest of the code that comes afterward

Yup, guard statements are indeed great. I am using them all the time. They say more than an if statement, they "guard" the rest of the code that comes afterwards. And especially "guard let" is super useful. It's ok for you not to like Swift, though. After all, taste is subjective.