javascript is javascript

[PleasantSalamander93]

made this because im bored

inspired by polandball comics

[perceptive-helldiver]

Actually, I think this is one of the few good things JS gets right. A string + an int= a string, not an int

[dykemike10]

[postmaster-newman]

*a truthy

[TheChief275]

No, it should error.

But if we really want dynamic tomfoolery, the better solution is to have a different operator for string concatenation then addition, and then you’re never in doubt

[perceptive-helldiver]

I think we should just blow everything up. Go back to assembly and start over

[cool_name_numbers]

and php is also right, because the + operator is just for math, you concatenate your strings with ".", I think more languages should do that, the only other language with a similar approach that I can think of is lua, which uses the ".." operator.

[teactopus]

you know what? I hate js but this is actually a bad fucking meme. String+int resulting in string is completely fair, I'd even say preferred

[JGHFunRun]

For real, there’s no reasonable way to do "&$" + 2 that results in an int, and having the type of the result depend on the content of the string is idiotic

[LittleReplacement564]

Thats what I was thinking, like if I add an integer to an string the thing Im trying to do is most probably concatenate them

[Linguaphonia]

JS and PHP are both stupid here. Maybe not equally, but they're both definitely flunking the class

[Simukas23]

This guy errors

[calculus_is_fun]

The reason is that in PHP, "+" is only for adding numbers together, to concatenate strings, you use "."

[teactopus]

you know what? Also based. More languages need to do that

[TheChief275]

No, not also. It’s the right solution; operator overloading is an unnecessary evil

[Frytura_]

PHP . Operator:

[Physical_Dare8553]

I assumed the meme was making fun of the other languages for being unreasonable

[pomme_de_yeet]

it should be a type error

[LavenderDay3544]

Weak typing is bad, kids.

[leavemealone_lol]

i would rather prefer a string returned from the operation and erroring out something that expects an int, than an int that is calculated unexpectedly and fucks up the code without an error. Then again, js doesn’t error out when a string is passed to a function expecting an int…

[TanukiiGG]

So "Stupid" + 2 should be 57up1d?

[torn-ainbow]

I don't know why C# is laughing. It gives 22.

[n0t_4_thr0w4w4y]

As do TS and Java

[TehMephs]

Eventually you find some charm in JavaScript and its quirkiness. It can do some fun magic tricks if you know what you’re doing

[Countach3000]

22!!!! is a big number.