Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Identity of values in Javascript Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 17:03:32 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: <878ucbfhrf.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <555f256b$0$12988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87r3q8h3yf.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <555f7d3b$0$13002$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87d21sgpqy.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <5561f871$0$13006$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <874mn1ehbk.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <55630be0$0$13000$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87pp5ofe2p.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <1626525.SY5O8lrZMA@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="017616aa25f81ec581c44d76d61ba2f3"; logging-data="5167"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19DgPYX9dNQburVOkoqkt7OBzNcTSYte9o=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:dDqDvbJOJAIcbbnE+4H49O2oZcs= sha1:lTV12RcJriDv6Zirkyq8JWMBCR0= X-BSB-Auth: 1.b26f82197a6f2859c643.20150526170332BST.878ucbfhrf.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:27894 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn writes: > Ben Bacarisse wrote: > >> Steven D'Aprano writes: >>> I appreciate you guys taking the time to discuss interesting areas of >>> compiler optimizations and so forth, and I'm not being sarcastic, but I >>> wrote here with some concrete questions about Javascript. If they have >>> been answered, I missed them, sorry. >> >> That's a shame; you could try again. If the post has only concrete >> questions there may be less chance of replies getting tied up in more >> speculative matters. > > There are not going to be any concrete *correct* answers until he realizes > that there is no “Javascript”. With *all* the implications of that fact. You have the knowledge to provide informative and helpful replies even to questions that use the wrong terms. I get that you might choose not to, but that's shame too. -- Ben.