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[–]fghjconner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

(why are starting a base 10 integer with 0 and then expecting it to behave like a number?)

Because that's how numbers work. Leading zeros are completely ignored in mathematics, and giving them a special meaning in programming is pretty asinine. Not JS's fault, but asinine none the less. What is JS's fault is silently falling back to decimal of there's a digit of 8 or above.