On 05/01/2021 22:23, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> In both languages, context selects the appropriate method

Until it doesn't.

A day wasted debugging JavaScript to ascertain why IE was totally
different to Firefox.

There was an implicit cast happening in IE which wasn't in Firefox that
turned a 1 into  a "1"..

Context dependency just adds another layer of complexity and a source of
more bugs


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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on
its shoes.

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