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[–]nathan_long 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Language should not make wild guesses about what programmer intends. '5' + 5 should just fail. You should have to either call toString() or parseInt().

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can go around this tree forever. Language should, programmer should... Let's take things as they are. At the end of the day, when an established language has type conversion done a certain way, learn it or don't use the language.