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Why is the result of ('b'+'a'+ + 'a' +'a').toLowerCase() 'banana'?

• chupa-chups 7y ago
  3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20689323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20689323
• olooney 7y ago
  If you like this kind of thing, you might enjoy "WTF, JS?" https://github.com/denysdovhan/wtfjs https://github.com/denysdovhan/wtfjs Or it's slightly older brother "WTF, Python?" https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython
  • jgtrosh 7y ago
    See also Wat from 2012: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
• fallingfrog 7y ago
  Wow JavaScript is truly a cursed language
• joemaffei 7y ago
  Because ’a’