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botker
on Dec 29, 2011
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Why ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 in JavaScript
One of the core principles of JavaScript is to avoid errors whenever possible. Using + on arrays bothers me less than the fact that there is no error for division by zero.
pietro
on Dec 29, 2011
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It's not an error to divide by zero per the IEEE floating point specification, and you'll find the same behavior in most modern languages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero#In_computer_ar...
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