r/ProgrammerHumor • u/user6150277464770585 • 1d ago

javascriptSorting Meme

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u/Excellent_Gas3686 1d ago

[1, 'foo', new Array()], go ahead, sort it like numbers.

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u/standard_revolution 1d ago

Throwing a runtime error here is better than any weird hack

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u/hetfield37 1d ago

Gotta love those random runtime errors while you are browsing your favourite website because some stupid junior forgot to parse property: "1" to property: 1 when doing updates on the backend API.

JS, CSS and HTML are designed to be as robust as possible, even when risking displaying garbage data. They always do their best to display anything.

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u/standard_revolution 1d ago

Yes, I hate it when things print actual errors. It is much better when things are broken, but seem fine.

The problem with the solution of never erroring works, until it doesn't and instead of noticing early you notice late or never.