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Is equality still broken? Are maps still broken? Is it still a sporadically whitespace-sensitive language?

• qwertyuiop924 11y ago
  not AFAIK, but I am not an expert.
  • krisajenkins 11y ago
    Leading questions, I'm afraid. Yes, equality is still broken, maps are broken (and in new & interesting ways in EMCAScript 6), and the language is occasionally whitespace-sensitive. JavaScript was hastily designed, has never recovered, and shows no sign of ever fixing the fundamental problems. :-(
    • qwertyuiop924 11y ago
      Equality isn't really as broken as people seem to think. And if it bothers you that much, use ===. Yes, it can be annoying, but it works. What do you mean about maps, and whitespace sensitivity? I've never heard anything about that.
    • muzmath 11y ago
      Case sensitivity i'm assuming you mean the automatic semi-colon insertion due to a line break after a return statement? I have a hard time seeing this as being a reason to dislike an entire language. Most languages have features to avoid, JavaScript is no different. Many JavaScript developers use linters to avoid the poor `==` feature. I'm unfamiliar with the argument of the `Map` datastructure implementation being broken. Do you have a reference to that claim?