edit: I'm mostly wrong here. Because "0" is false. In a logical world, a non-emp...

wiseowise · 2025-07-12T12:45:46 1752324346

``` > if ("0") console.log("true");

true ```

Excuse me?

> In a logical world, a non-empty string being truthy is fine even if the value is "false". Javascript isn't logical.

You must hate our illogical world built on C, because it has the same behavior.

jameshart · 2025-07-12T15:01:03 1752332463

Appealing to C - the land of undefined behavior - as a paragon of logic seems like a strange authority to reach for.

wiseowise · 2025-07-12T15:48:50 1752335330

The point is that this is a well-defined (not pun intended) behavior that exists within C, C++, Python, Ruby and probably a handful more popular languages. This set pretty much constitutes like 70%(?) of mainstream languages. Yet only JS gets shit thrown its way in this thread.

camblomquist · 2025-07-12T12:53:16 1752324796

I did a `"0" == false` which returned true. I may need another cup of coffee before making claims.