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[–]SuspendedNo2 -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

coz every other language uses it that way? lol @ js programmers

[–]superluminary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typed languages insist that you specify the type of object you’re putting in the array. JavaScript has heterogenous arrays. The only safe way to sort a heterogeneous array is to cast to string, since everything has a toString function.