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    cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months ago

    Which of these javascript expressions is false?

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    Which of these javascript expressions is false?

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      typeof null === "object" was actually a bug in the early implementations, and they decided to keep it in the spec: https://2ality.com/2013/10/typeof-null.html

      (see the comment from Brendan Eich)

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        Tony Hoare: “Introducing NULL was a billion-dollar mistake”

        Brendan Eich: “Hold my undefined”

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          We had one null, yes. But what about second null?

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