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String Subtraction: Where Languages Draw The Line

Python Javascript Programming Debugging

15 days ago 90.4K views 0 shares

String Subtraction: Where Languages Draw The Line

Python's having an existential crisis while JavaScript is just vibing with string math. The expression '3'-'1' in Python throws a tantrum because strings can't be subtracted (how dare you try to violate type rules!). Meanwhile, JavaScript's like "2, duh" because it'll happily convert your strings to numbers and do the math anyway. Classic JavaScript - solving problems you didn't know you had by creating problems you never wanted. That traceback is the sound of Python's dignity remaining intact while refusing to do your questionable arithmetic.

If Only Brendan Eich Had One More Day

Javascript Webdev Typescript Programming Frontend

28 days ago 84.5K views 0 shares

If Only Brendan Eich Had One More Day

IMAGINE THE UTOPIA WE WERE ROBBED OF! 😭 JavaScript, the language that powers 99% of the web, was infamously created by Brendan Eich in just 10 DAYS back in 1995. TEN. DAYS. The result? A language with more quirks than a cat café on catnip! One more day could have fixed the nightmare that is type coercion, the existential crisis of null vs undefined , and that absolute TRAVESTY where [] + [] equals an empty string but [] + {} is "[object Object]"! The audacity! Now we're all stuck patching this cosmic joke with TypeScript like putting designer bandaids on a coding catastrophe. Just ONE more day, Brendan! We could've had flying cars instead of framework fatigue!