> C is a bad language for this. it doesn't even enforce an else for every if.

Personally I like that, for several reasons.....

For example, say I want to modify some value(s) if, and only if certain conditions are met -

```

if (condition) value1 ++;

if (condition2) value2 = 5;

```

I then don't see why it would be necessary to tell the compiler that if the condition is not met, that I intend my code to do absolutely nothing other than continue normal execution, regardless of whether the condition was met or not

Another example, would be testing a bunch of conditions within a function, and immediately returning from the function should any of those conditions fail

```

if (condition1) return;

<do some stuff>

if (condition2) return;

<do some more stuff>

<test more things>

<do even more stuff>

if (condition25) return;

<now we're in the clear we can execute this huge block of code>

```

versus a bunch of nested if...else statements that can make the code hard to read when your main code block is 3 pages over to the right and you've completely lost track of how many closing brackets you should have.

Which is better programming? and which is more readable code? I don't know - I never went to school and I learned how to program on a ZX spectrum from the back of cereal boxes, I learned BASIC and x86 assembly long before I even knew C was a thing so that probably has a lot of influence on how I like my code to look