On 8 Jan 2021 18:06:00 GMT
Charlie Gibbs  wrote:

> On 2021-01-08, Björn Lundin  wrote:
>
> > an language that needs
> > * 'loose comparison' ==

 Make that value comparison ...

> > * 'strict comparison'  ===

 ... and value and type comparison

> > with accompanying truth tables that are not-so-obvious is just a bad
> > joke.
> >
> >
> >
> > true ==  0 -> false

 Yep 0 is not a true value

> > true === 0 -> false

 Yep 0 is not a boolean

> > true ==  1 -> true

 Yep 1 is a true value

> > true === 1 -> false

 Yep 1 is not a boolean

> > WTF?

 Seems fine to me, you just have to understand what it means like
any other language construct.

> That sounds like a description of one of those bogus programming
> languages that pops up in humour columns from time to time.
> One of them proposed an operator meaning "is more equal than"
> (shades of Animal Farm).

 Nope just someone who doesn't understand the language and wants to
complain.

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