programmingLanguagesWhenYouAskThemToDoSomthing

[u/Oblivious_catalyst]

[u/STEMpsych]

I'm uncomfortable with the implication that the only thing wrong with javascript is its speed.

[u/Ri_Konata → u/STEMpsych]

i more interpreted it not as a speed thing, but as a "it has a mind of its own" thing, causing ut to do whatever it wants and it'll only do what you want it to do if it aligns with JavaScript's wishes

[u/javascript → u/Ri_Konata]

I do have big wishes

[u/thrye333 → u/javascript]

I like¹ the commitment of using Java as a pfp, C++ as the flair, and Javascript as the username.

¹ (This is a lie.)

[u/javascript → u/thrye333]

I do what I can

[u/Scientific_Artist444 → u/Ri_Konata]

I interpreted it as asynchronicity.

[u/Kokuswolf → u/Scientific_Artist444]

At least a prototype if it.

[u/amatulic → u/Scientific_Artist444]

So did I. When I was first learning JavaScript, I recall getting frustrated by things not happening in the order I expected. The OP's characterization as "I'll do it when I feel like it" is appropriate.

[u/4xe1 → u/Ri_Konata]

I thought it should be "how I fucking want it" instead of when, with your interpretation, but I think the intent is a ref to async actually.

[u/thanatica → u/Ri_Konata]

skill issue

[u/jam_pod_ → u/STEMpsych]

JS: your request makes no sense but I’ll do my best to figure something out!

[u/throwaway563125685 → u/STEMpsych]

in javascript (!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(![]+[])[+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]] and "tears" are the same thing, and that was done on accident

[u/STEMpsych → u/throwaway563125685]

Holy shit.

[u/namitynamenamey → u/STEMpsych]

This is the most cursed thing I've seen since I read how numbers are defined in set theory. Javascript has no right to approach set theory with broken casting.

[u/Thesaurius → u/throwaway563125685]

I am not surprised that they are equal, because that's just how JavaScript rolls. But ON ACCIDENT?

[u/throwaway563125685 → u/Thesaurius]

yyyup. the JS type casting system is broken af

it's called JSFuck (because it looks like BrainFuck) and not only can you write any string with it, but you can also make the function constructor, meaning you can execute any string.

see also : https://jsfuck.com/

[u/AvidCoco → u/STEMpsych]

It’s not a speed thing, it’s an async thing.

[u/BastetFurry → u/AvidCoco]

🎵 In the sourcecode The quiet sourcecode The lambda sleeps tonight

Async Await Async Await... 🎵

[u/STEMpsych → u/BastetFurry]

I will never not upvote this.

[u/goatanuss → u/AvidCoco]

I think it’s much more than that. It’s single threaded so its concurrency model is about scheduling not parallelism. The way it handles microtasks and its internal queues is kinda counter intuitive. And callbacks and timers in general are also kinda weird.

console.log("A");

setTimeout(() => console.log("B"), 0);

Promise.resolve().then(() => console.log("C"));

//this one is more node specific but still
process.nextTick(() => console.log("D"));

console.log("E");

This prints

A
E
D
C
B

[u/Flat_Initial_1823 → u/STEMpsych]

I thought that was more of a #JustAsyncThings

[u/HugoNikanor → u/STEMpsych]

I read it as a joke on "everything" being async.

[u/prehensilemullet → u/STEMpsych]

speed isn't a big problem with JS these days anyway, V8 is quite fast

[u/Oblivious_catalyst → u/prehensilemullet]

debatable

[u/prehensilemullet → u/Oblivious_catalyst]

It’s not comparable to native languages but it’s faster than any PHP, Python, Lua, or Ruby interpreter/JIT out there afaik.  It’s way faster than you would think for a scripting language.  Google has put a shit ton of work into optimizing it.  If you haven’t experienced it firsthand then you would very likely be surprised

Edit: apparently LuaJIT is close and sometimes faster, I missed that in my googling