According to MDN it does[1]: > The equality operator (==) checks whether its two operands are equal, returning a Boolean result. Additionally, the ECMAScript

According to MDN it does[1]: > The equality operator (==) checks whether its two operands are equal, returning a Boolean result. Additionally, the ECMAScript spec calls it the "equality operator" (although admittedly it spells out a 14 step list[2] of how to do this). 1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Equality https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... 2: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-abstract-equality-comparison https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-abstract-equality-comparison