'2' + 2 => '22'
'2' - 2 => 0

Js devs will understand

Yikes, weak typing

One of the things i don't like in JavaScript. In Python for example, you will get an exception if you try this, because it is strongly typed even though it's dynamic.

@kpenc same with Ruby. I really like that behavior. Prevents side effects

I can see why this is. Tho to me, this would be better and probably more consistent like this:

2 + 2 => 4
2 - 2 => 0
'2' + '2' => '22'
'2' - '2' => '' //empty string
'2' + 2 => '22'
'2' - 2 => '' //empty string
2 + '2' => 4
2 - '2' => 0

Where whatever the first type is, the result will be of that type. This would mean that for strings, minus should be a "de-concatination" or something.

Edit: tho of course, a type mismatch error is the Real best way to go.

@DLMousey I was reading the rant and the comments mildly entertained then I came across your comment and literally laughed out loud.

Weak typing gives me debugging nightmares

Enjoy https://destroyallsoftware.com/talk...

I love a strongly typed language

@Neotelos that's beautiful, thanks for sharing xD

@Neotelos didn't know that one 😂 thanks for sharing

Wtf. And web-people say C++ sucks because of pointers ... I have types. I have the best types! JS sooo depressing! Baaaad!!!

Ok, you could define an operator, that does the JS obstruction of logic for you ...

std::string operator+(const std::string& a, const int b){ return a + std::to_string(b);}

... and all the other crazy people rules ...

If you are subtracting a string, you've fucked up enough you deserve that behavior.

@hube that happens when an old guy stays in the past. We had to learn turbo Pascal first. I hated it an frankly cared so little about it that during exams I let somebody else code the stuff for me 😁 after that we started with C and that's when I really woke up because I knew it already. I think the best languages for programming beginners are either Ruby or Python.

@corscheid This is waaay worse than now. Explicit is always better than implicit.

doesn't 'use strict' solves this thing?