I never liked those "if" statements! "IF"? Why is there an "if"? It implies you're uncertain, or have hesitations, doubts even? That's rookie shit. I never do. Straight and happy path for this cowboy, always.
If you have conditionals in your program, it means that you're trying to do too many things at once. Follow the UNIX philosophy: do one thing, and do it well!
No branches if you movfuscate[1] your code! You do end up with that happy path, that straight path, that clean path that's wholly immune to those pesky branching bugs.
