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Isn't the existence of TypeError and the various things you're not allowed to do implicitly (eg: 1 + "a", something Javascript will happily let you do) a defini

• ben509 7y ago
  If it's qualified as a "serious definition," they're setting up a No True Scotsman argument.
• kybernetikos 7y ago
  Javascript has type errors too, and Java will let you 'add' a string to an integer, so it's more nuanced than that... Javascript: > null.bob() TypeError: Cannot read property 'bob' of null > 4 >>> Symbol("four") TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a number > BigInt(null) TypeError: Cannot convert null to a BigInt > Object.create(false) TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null: false Java: int anInteger = 10; String s = anInteger + "Hello";