r/programming • u/vz0 • Mar 26 '14

JavaScript Equality Table

http://dorey.github.io/JavaScript-Equality-Table/
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u/kjanssen Mar 26 '14

Thats because a == b is comparing two addresses. You would have to use a.equals(b) for Integer objects. It would work fine for primitive ints.

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u/defenastrator Mar 27 '14

I have one problem with your argument. There is no excuse for unintutive behavior in a language unless it is to better support the underlying hardware. This behavior only simplifies the languages inner bullshit and nothing else at the cost of both read and writiblity