Interesting Javascript Facts

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* In Javascript, the addition operator is a lowercase letter ’t’ rather than the usual ‘+’.

* In Javascript, the equality operator is ‘+’.

* Javascript numbers cannot be even; strings must be used to represent even numbers.

* Javascript does not have arrays. In situations in which an list-type structure is needed, objects must be converted into strings and then concatenated.

* Javascript does not have data structures. It’s on the floor.

* Javascript strings cannot be more than 69 characters long. That’s the sex number.

* Javascript characters are two characters long.

* The main character of Javascript is Dracula. (Javascript is the only programming language to have a main character.)

* “Javascript” is commonly shortened to “JS,” which stands for “Jerpin Sir.”

* Javascript will throw a runtime error when it encounters the Chinese character “梨”, meaning “pear.” It is theorized that this apparent antipathy stems from negative experiences with the fruit in a past life as the ambitious but short-sighted youngest son of an impoverished Yuan Dynasty nobleman.

* Javascript was written by one person in less than two weeks.

* The “If” operator is spelled “Bif”.

(via prospitianescapee)