Modern Programming

    
print("odd" if num % 2 else "even")

That's the native python version, for those curious

The ternary syntax is really my only real gripe with python design -- putting the conditional BETWEEN the true and false values feels so very messy to me.
- Eh, reads pretty naturally to me. That said, (like I lisp)
- It's kinda natural to me having used Perl a lot.
- At least you guys have ternary syntax cries in kotlin.
- I think it's just what you're used to. Imo it really matters that it's keywords and not operator symbols - it's meant to read closer to natural language. I prefer the c version when it's ? and :, but I like them this way round when it's if and else.
That's way too non-convoluted enough
- Python is kinda like that in general, unless you try to make it read like ass
Why is the return first?
- I think the idea is it reads more naturally, so you can read it like this return A if statement is true else return B
- Edit... I reread your comment and realized that python does it differently and that everything I typed was irrelevant... I'm still gonna leave it if anyone is interested in ternary expressions, but I suppose the answer to your question is, that's just how python does it.
  That's how ternary operators are designed to work. In essence, if you're looking to do a single line if/then, you can directly assign a variable from the result of a ternary expression.
  As an example, I was scripting something earlier where there may or may not be a value returned from a function, but I still had to do something with that return value later. For this thing, I was using JavaScript.
  I ended up with:
  
  return platform == "name" ? "Option 1" : "Option 2"
  If I were to write that out in a typical if/then it would be:
  
  if (platform == "name") { return "option 1" } else { return "option 2" }
  A ternary starts with a boolean expression, then the if true value, else the false value. That's returned to either a variable or if in a function like my example, to the object calling the function. It's just a way to write less code that in many cases is easier to read.
Oh wow, I think I hate that... Condition between the results? Yuck.

For optimal performance, you should rewrite it in Rust:

 rust

    
inline_python::python! {
    print(js2py.eval_js("(number) => number % 2 ? 'odd' : 'even'")(number))
};

And now you can use wasm to run it in a browser!
- Full circle 😆

Please. That's C's ternary operator. JS is just a pile of garbage cosplaying as a programming language

Why do you say it's a pile of garbage?
- Because of all the garbage

print( ["even", "odd"][num % 2] )

If you need to avoid evaluating the wrong branch:

print( [lambda: "even", lambda: "odd"][num % 2]() )

Cursed
- Not as cursed as
  python
  
  print("eovdedn"[n%2::2])

Just send pseudo code to AI and compile straight to binary.

Peak programming

I love something = condition and result1 or result2 in lua

Python does that, too.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#boolean-operations-and-or-not
- Are you just referring to how Python uses the English and/or instead of the more common &&/||? I think what the user above you was talking about was Lua's strange ternary syntax using and/or.
often I do a function called elvis XD with the next signature elvis(condition, res1, res2)

Yeah... I played that "serial killer or programming language inventor" game.

The only one I was completely in disagreement with was the inventor of Python. He's definitely a mass-murderer

Are you sure it isn't just that he's Dutch?

num % 2 isn't a boolean result in any of these languages, so I feel like it would always output "odd"

Edit: 0 is false, everything else is true.

All of those languages will convert numbers into booleans, 0 is false, all other numbers are true.
In JS at least, there's a concept of truthiness and falsiness. 0, undefined, null, and a few other non-boolean values are treated as false if used in conditionals and logical operations, while every other value is treated as true. I'm pretty sure python has something similar.
- It does. Empty collections, 0, None
0 is false in C, Python, and JS. It should work
The joys of dynamic typing.
In JS 0 is the same as False
- They are not the same, but 0 can be implicitly converted to false.
  What do you get if you do: 0 === false
You'd be surprised.
But seriously, numbers can be used as booleans in an impressive number of languages. Including machine code for almost every machine out there.