indeed, back in the day i'd love to write perl code such as this() and that() or otherr() and fail(); so this all seems very reasonable, and clear, and people

indeed, back in the day i'd love to write perl code such as this() and that() or otherr() and fail(); so this all seems very reasonable, and clear, and people who read the code hated it. I've tried many times to do it in JS sadly it does not work: a && b || do { console.log (err) } but this all does not make it easier to read, but makes it only very likely to outsmart yourself. some code is algorithmically more beautiful than other, more declarative perhaps. but going away from the common understanding of trivial stuff, does not always benefit the group or the project.