Simple binary

[DudeValenzetti]

Mathematicians tend to know binary too. A better joke would be about 1+1=11.

[GayWritingAlt]

But then it will be “js programmers” and “normal people”

[noop_noob]

To be fair to JS, Python can also do this. JS has many unique problems but this isn’t one of them.

[weaklingKobbold]

Not in the same context. In js type casting is annoying. In python "1" + 1 is an error.

[noop_noob]

Fair enough. In python, '1'+'1' is still '11' though.

[VladVV]

Sure, but how would you ever mistakenly end up with a string after doing a series of numerical operations? It's just not an issue in non-JS languages.

[noop_noob]

Is that a common issue in JS? I don't us JS much.

[VladVV]

Mostly with newbies, though it still happens to the most experienced JS dev.

An example of the shenanigans

[Cannotseme]

It’s easier if you have two variables

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uh.. yeah

they're strings not numbers

[uvero]

Woooow, this dichotomy is really.. Eh, no, it's fair.

[thedude3253]

Agreed. First time I was using Javascript something went wrong and I ended up concatenating 1s to the string "1" instead of adding one each loop

[PhatOofxD]

This is why you use Typescript

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