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I think we are getting into deep rant, though I want to say, that even I know this rule of JS (always use 3 equals, unless you know why you need 2) why not make

by trymas 11y ago

I think we are getting into deep rant, though I want to say, that even I know this rule of JS (always use 3 equals, unless you know why you need 2) why not make double equal work as triple one?

mkishi 11y ago
If we were to rewrite history, that'd probably happen. Now count the number of languages that wouldn't reconsider something if we were able to.. I understand your frustration with js, but let's not pretend it's objectively worse to learn to deal with its pitfalls instead of other languages'.
untog 11y ago
Because JS makes a point of being backwards compatible. Which is great, because some people out there are still using IE6.