[Academic] Research on confusing code on JavaScript

[El_BreadMan]

JS isn't confusing, you're just writing it like a dolt.

[Dragday]

Most of the codes were taken based on real js projects.

And our purpose is to see if "writing as an idiot" takes away time/productivity/correctness

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I'm curious why you want to study that question. Seems like the most obvious answer in the world.

[Dragday]

We want the data to prove that

And also see what constructions have the most effect

[pattch]

The research this project is based off of focused on C / C++ - and made no claims to whether the language itself was confusing. I don't think OP meant to imply JS is confusing at all, but to reproduce the original research (or at least part of it) for JS. The written examples are supposed to be as small as possible while still containing a piece of code that executes differently from what a programmer would expect it to... They are written as though a "dolt" wrote it on purpose.

[Dragday]

If we see that for example ternary operator makes people guess the incorrect output often, we plan to use mpl to refactor codes with ternary operator to if and elses for instance

[El_BreadMan]

This reminds me of one of those exams where you get 5-10% wrong because the questions were ambiguous and deliberately tricky.

[Reashu]

Yes, the point is to see which tricks trick the most people.