Javascript type coercions might make sense if you realize it was originally designed for a close integration with HTML forms using a simplified proto-DOM ("Leve

Javascript type coercions might make sense if you realize it was originally designed for a close integration with HTML forms using a simplified proto-DOM ("Level 0"). The idea was more like "isNaN(myForm.myField)"? For all I know, the above might actually still work. But either way, that explains Javascript type conversion logic.