[Haskell-cafe] Why does Haskell have the if-then-else syntax?

[Sebastian Sylvan]

On 7/27/06, mvanier <mvanier at cs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> As opposed to what?

For example case-of, guards (in combination with let or where), or
just a function:

if :: Bool -> a -> a -> a
if True t _ = t
if False _ e = e

-- example usage
myAbs x = if (x < 0) (negate x) x


/S
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