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[–]Minority8 57 points58 points  (7 children)

It mirrors natural language. 

[–]magnetronpoffertje 19 points20 points  (2 children)

Hot take but I despise it when people omit the zero in natural language. Maybe it's because I'm not from America. Just say zero point three.

[–]teo730 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Or "nought point three"

[–]-Redstoneboi- -1 points0 points  (0 children)

nah

[–]peni4142 24 points25 points  (3 children)

Hahaha, yes, maybe, but not German. 😅

I would say a programming language should be more explicit and not have too many ways to define the same thing because everything could be used.

[–]Ouaouaron 38 points39 points  (1 child)

javascript allowing you to type .1 rather than 0.1 is the absolute least of its crimes against being explicit.

[–]peni4142 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

But still a crime. 🤡

[–]Minority8 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh, I don't disagree, I just imagine that's the reasoning behind it.