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Re:This will make some people mad (JS/Dart) by yourad_io on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:24AM (#8308509)
Isn't this in sharp contrast to most other programming languages out there?
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Re:This will make some people mad (JS/Dart) by jahewson on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:43AM (#8308646)
Java only allows booleans in conditionals, and it remains the most popular programming language.
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Re:This will make some people mad (JS/Dart) by algorithms on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:45AM (#8308656)
I'd say so too. Many languages say that everything NOT false or null is true.
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