It saves the longwinded f2 OR f7 palaver.
I find 'win quick' gambits disgusting


A point people might consider... Gambits are about psychology, not just position? Stuff like Wing or Ross gambit, opponent kind of saying... Here, take a free pawn, because I'm so good I gonna beat you whatever? When I played D4 the reply I hated was E5... Englund gambit. Because people say it's rubbish you feel like you Must win, you Should win... And if you don't win... you are dummy. People say... Oh, Lion lose to Englund?! Lion be dumb, ha ha... Lion be patzer, ha ha, etc. So gambit put pressure on, yes? Albin Counter be similar, also.

Gambits really are fun to play with when you are the one who plays it...
Nice piling on of pressure and final tactics.

Yeah, I think flagging is a sh**ty practice. Particularly those players who obviously set out from the start to play that way.
Which notative language does your books' authors use?