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Which of these javascript expressions is false? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Math.min.length is 2, which weakly signals that it's designed to handle at least two parameters

Why would they even define this value?

Note: I’m not a js dev, do most functions have length?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am also not a JS dev, we possibly aren't brain damaged enough to understand the perfection.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I develop with JS? All I can say is I need more brain damage to understand where is out

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Just keep developing with it, you'll get CTE soon.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most people don't use JS because they think it's perfect... they use it because it's the language that works on web browsers... or because thier coworkers made something in it... or because the library that does what they want uses it...

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For such a terrible language, it really has staying power...

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

JS is the machine code of the web. Fewer and fewer people might write it directly, but it will live as long as the web platform does.

[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Until some browser can make pages with Python, maybe.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only if that browser somehow becomes overwhelmingly popular in a market segment BEFORE it gets JS support.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Could make a transpiler for python -> js, and serve python to the browser with a fallback to js if the python isn't supported by the browser

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All functions built with function name(args) { body } syntax have a length based on the form of args. Other ways to create functions might set length (I'm not sure). Most of the functions provided by the runtime environment do have a length, usually based on the number of "required" arguments.