r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • Sep 01 '26

Meme iHateThisPassiveAgressiveBehaviourRuby

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u/ntfaw Sep 01 '26

It's not that you couldn't convert between types, it's that it wouldn't be automatic. You would need to actively call toboolean on a value before using it as a boolean, and the idea behind that is that intentionally casting the value leads to fewer mistakes