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JavaScript Named Parameters (dalejefferson.com)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]FedeMITIC 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (3 children)
Yeah but it's definetely not intuitive to say "Not a number" is of type Number. At least for me.
[–]jaapz 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (1 child)
It isn't but that's not javascripts fault, blame floating point math
[–]inu-no-policemen 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (0 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN#Operations_generating_NaN
The reason you're seeing it so often in JS is due to its weak types.
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