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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: basic BASIC question
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 22:09:00 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vnr1lq$1d7as$1@dont-email.me>,
Simon Clubley  <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2025-01-31, Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>
>> If you really want to have a good time, look at how
>> JavaScript deals with this.  Things aren't just true
>> or false, they're truthy and falsy, and sometimes Nan.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et8xNAc2ic8
>
>And we use this crap to build critical websites that our society and
>general way of life now depend on. :-(

Yeah.  Typescript is better, and shaves off a lot of the sharper
edges, but their ability to really fix things is limited by the
demands of backwards compatibility.

>And some even think it's a good idea to run this server-side. :-(

Some people think that Javascript is actually a good language.
Doug Crockford wrote a book on the good parts; it is a rather
thin volume.  :-)

	- Dan C.