On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Dougherty, Gregory T., M.S. < dougherty.greg...@mayo.edu> wrote:
> > > Yes, we do, because, well, it is more informative. :-) > > if (a) Š > else if (b) Š > else if (c) Š > > Says you have three mutually exclusive options, and implies that a is more > likely / more important than b, than c. > > Or, if ³a" is a method call, possibly that ³a² has some setup needed for > ³b² and ³c². > > All of this is lost with multiple if statements. > > > Then there¹s the everlasting wisdom of Knuth¹s comment about "premature > optimization is the root of all evil². > Exactly my point. if (a) Š if (b) Š if (c) Š shorter and therefore easier than the other one ;-) if-else-if is just a premature optimization to the above statement ;-)
