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cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months ago

Which of these javascript expressions is false?

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Which of these javascript expressions is false?

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    typeof null === "object" was actually a bug in the early implementations, and they decided to keep it in the spec: https://2ality.com/2013/10/typeof-null.html

    (see the comment from Brendan Eich)

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      Tony Hoare: “Introducing NULL was a billion-dollar mistake”

      Brendan Eich: “Hold my undefined”

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        We had one null, yes. But what about second null?

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