Agreed, they should at least replace it with 0o777 or something. While they're at it I wouldn't mind 0b10101 notation either. Considering javascript as a brows

Agreed, they should at least replace it with 0o777 or something. While they're at it I wouldn't mind 0b10101 notation either. Considering javascript as a browser only language is shortsighted, especially given the existence of things like Node.js.