You can write in a very similar way in python too if you want to. I think I'd argue this is cleaner syntax, even. >>> foo = 10 >>> bar = foo if foo >

You can write in a very similar way in python too if you want to. I think I'd argue this is cleaner syntax, even. >>> foo = 10 >>> bar = foo if foo > 5 else 0 >>> bar 10 >>> bar = foo if foo < 5 else 0 >>> bar 0