From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Simon Clubley   wrote:   
   >On 2025-01-31, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> If you really want to have a good time, look at how   
   >> JavaScript deals with this.  Things aren't just true   
   >> or false, they're truthy and falsy, and sometimes Nan.   
   >>   
   >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et8xNAc2ic8   
   >   
   >And we use this crap to build critical websites that our society and   
   >general way of life now depend on. :-(   
      
   Yeah.  Typescript is better, and shaves off a lot of the sharper   
   edges, but their ability to really fix things is limited by the   
   demands of backwards compatibility.   
      
   >And some even think it's a good idea to run this server-side. :-(   
      
   Some people think that Javascript is actually a good language.   
   Doug Crockford wrote a book on the good parts; it is a rather   
   thin volume.  :-)   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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