elif sounds stupid

Question

why elif? why not else if or elsif?

Answer 1

It's easier to type elif than else if :-)

Answer 2

I don't actually know. Maybe they did not want to split a keyword into two separate words?

Answer 3

Why not?

It's shorter, and as far as readeable as two keywords version ^^
It's just a little frustrating to cannot have the choice between the two syntaxes, but we get used to it very quickly ;)

Answer 4

"else if" alredy exist in javascript, they used "elif" so that you won´t get confused with other languages