require! macro

[g00nix]

I see that Anchor is suggesting the use of the require! macro, which produces code like this:

    pub fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
        self.state == GameState::Active
    }
    pub fn play(&mut self, tile: &Tile) -> Result<()> {
        require!(self.is_active(), TicTacToeError::GameAlreadyOver);
        ...
    }

However this is not idiomatic Rust. Normally in Rust you would see something like this:

     fn is_active(&self) -> Result<()> {
         match self.state.eq(&GameState::Active) {
             false => Err(TicTacToeError::GameAlreadyOver),
             true => Ok(()),
         }
     }


     pub fn play(&mut self, tile: &Tile) -> Result<()> {
         self.is_active()?;
         ...
     }

I feel like this is an attempt to bring the Solidity coding style into Rust. Is there a technical reason to this, or is this popular just because a lot of smart contract devs are transitioning from Solidity to Rust?