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edit: I'm mostly wrong here. Because "0" is false. In a logical world, a non-empty string being truthy is fine even if the value is "false". Javascript isn't l

• wiseowise 1y ago
  ``` > if ("0") console.log("true"); true ``` Excuse me? > In a logical world, a non-empty string being truthy is fine even if the value is "false". Javascript isn't logical. You must hate our illogical world built on C, because it has the same behavior.
  • camblomquist 1y ago
    I did a `"0" == false` which returned true. I may need another cup of coffee before making claims.
  • jameshart 1y ago
    Appealing to C - the land of undefined behavior - as a paragon of logic seems like a strange authority to reach for.
    • wiseowise 1y ago
      The point is that this is a well-defined (not pun intended) behavior that exists within C, C++, Python, Ruby and probably a handful more popular languages. This set pretty much constitutes like 70%(?) of mainstream languages. Yet only JS gets shit thrown its way in this thread.