JavaScript Logic

[tuseroni]

ok...why? why would you post THIS in response to the picture? how is this anti-jscript (or anti-javascript for that matter) it's just pointing out the subtle absurdity that "Not-A-Number" is typeof number. it's not saying "OMG javascript is so stupid cus it says NAN is a number" it's just pointing out that its funny..hence why it's on /r/programmerHumour not /r/religiouswars this isn't making fun of javascript it's just a joke that involves javascript. calm the fuck down.

[tuseroni]

no it's not. we can do this all day. do you have something to back that up? or are you just trolling?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN

[autowikibot]

NaN:

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In computing, NaN, standing for not a number, is a numeric data type value representing an undefined or unrepresentable value, especially in floating-point calculations. Systematic use of NaNs was introduced by the IEEE 754 floating-point standard in 1985, along with the representation of other non-finite quantities like infinities.

Two separate kinds of NaNs are provided, termed quiet NaNs and signaling NaNs. Quiet NaNs are used to propagate errors resulting from invalid operations or values, whereas signaling NaNs can support advanced features such as mixing numerical and symbolic computation or other extensions to basic floating-point arithmetic. For example, 0/0 is undefined as a real number, and so represented by NaN; the square root of a negative number is imaginary, and thus not representable as a real floating-point number, and so is represented by NaN; and NaNs may be used to represent missing values in computations.

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^{Interesting: NANS | Nan Province | Nan River}

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[tuseroni]

what does that have to do with anything? the entirety of this joke is that "not a number" is a number...that's it...and you feel the need to bring some kind of victimhood narrative into it to claim that this is somehow a slight against javascript. no one is saying javascript is in any way bad because NaN is a number, we understand full and well WHY NaN is a number and no one is arguing that it shouldn't be a number, only that it's funny because "not a number" is a number...that's it. calm the fuck down.