Re:Tell HN: I spend so much time solving problems I feel lik...
by qwertyuiop924 on Friday December 11, 2015 @08:10AM
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not AFAIK, but I am not an expert.
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Re:Tell HN: I spend so much time solving problems I feel lik...
by krisajenkins on Saturday December 12, 2015 @05:53AM
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Leading questions, I'm afraid. Yes, equality is still broken, maps are broken (and in new & interesting ways in EMCAScript 6), and the language is occasionally whitespace-sensitive.
JavaScript was hastily designed, has never recovered, and shows no sign of ever fixing the fundamental problems. :-(
Re:Tell HN: I spend so much time solving problems I feel lik...
by muzmath on Sunday December 20, 2015 @08:00PM
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Case sensitivity i'm assuming you mean the automatic semi-colon insertion due to a line break after a return statement? I have a hard time seeing this as being a reason to dislike an entire language.
Most languages have features to avoid, JavaScript is no different. Many JavaScript developers use linters to avoid the poor `==` feature. I'm unfamiliar with the argument of the `Map` datastructure implementation being broken. Do you have a reference to that claim?
Re:Tell HN: I spend so much time solving problems I feel lik...
by qwertyuiop924 on Sunday December 20, 2015 @05:06PM
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Equality isn't really as broken as people seem to think. And if it bothers you that much, use ===. Yes, it can be annoying, but it works.
What do you mean about maps, and whitespace sensitivity? I've never heard anything about that.