wtfjs VS renaming

Me in the interview: "Generally, no, a variable can only be assigned one numeric value at a time. However, Javascript is famous for unpredictable behaviors in variable comparison statements, for instance [] == ![]. There's actually a whole library built around documenting this type of behavior this for comedic value, and other more serious libraries geared towards solving the problem. So it's possible that some obscure variable assignment scenario would result in that line evaluating as true, but it's not something you'd expect to encounter in the real world. This has gotten a lot better with typescript and es2022, but still something you need to watch for a bit."

I do see that point of view, didn't think of that, there are some aspects of go which are a bit weird if you never touched lower abstraction languages, yet once you learn what they are, you are all set and you can code in anything. go has the least amount of gotchas I have seen in any programming language. compare it with loads of the weird stuff javascript does https://github.com/denysdovhan/wtfjs and go is like heavenly lol

Its a very poorly designed language. Its syntax and semantics are often confusing and unpredictable. There is no well defined mental model of how constructs work in this language.

WTF JS

😎 A great guide to Javascript that is both simple and wonderful, but also difficult and fun that seems like bullshit. -> wtfjs

Uh, no. This is false. It’s just part of a broader trend to stop using ‘master’ due to some people finding that term offensive.

https://github.com/github/renaming

Not only did GH only make the change for reasons other than what you said, it's also just a weird hill to die on? Words evolve over time, and as things take on different connotations, people generally gravitate towards more tasteful alternatives.

I mean github changed "master" to "main" because social warriors were crying wolf on the use of "master"... people are going to find ways to get offended, once everything has been turned to "neutral" another side of the same group will fight for "inclusion" by turning all of it on its head.

The master-main thing is actually real lmao. Not Stanform, but GitHub did it

Oh, they did already. The default branch is "main" now if you create the project on Github. But if you're a white colonizer like me, you create your project using git directly and it uses master by default.

😱 the M-word

Github renamed the master branch to main. The University of Pennsylvania renamed faculty masters to faculty directors. There's a view to rename residential masters at Yale. Likewise, the master's degree should be renamed to something that's more racially sensitive.