If statements are rife for abuse and can be an indicator of poorly thought out structure. This article mimics my own experiences, namely that overuse of if stat

If statements are rife for abuse and can be an indicator of poorly thought out structure. This article mimics my own experiences, namely that overuse of if statements is a smell and can usually be avoided to the benefit of the code. I long ago abandoned else clauses. It was a short time thereafter that I realized that if statements themselves weren't all that necessary, most of the time.