alt Hacker NewsThe answer is obviously because programmers want to be able to write
f”{n} result{‘s’ if n == 1 else ‘’}”Replies
isodev • 01/22/2025
Must be the same programmers that make it impossible for me to sign into places with all the diacritics in my name.
remram • 01/22/2025
> f"{n} result{'s' if n == 1 else ''}"
n>1 is even shorter than n!=1
(also you wrote == instead of != your code is backwards)
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Then they had best steer well clear of Poland.