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by r_smart 3540 days ago
Yeah, there's an obvious lack of details in the story that should preclude judgement of the poster.

I've seen people write things like: if (true == true)

I won't be mean to you about it, but I can't promise I won't chuckle a little before explaining why that's unnecessary. If you've been working in a professional setting for 3 years and are writing code like that, then yeah, I might struggle to be empathetic.
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BinaryIdiot 3540 days ago
> I've seen people write things like: if (true == true)

Which, if you make that an === in JavaScript, can actually make sense in some situations :)

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tempestn 3540 days ago
Can you give an example? I can't think of any situation to literally write if (true === true) rather than just if (true). (If anything.)
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BinaryIdiot 3538 days ago
Sorry I not only mis-read but mistyped and I can't edit or modify my original post. Please ignore it :(
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r_smart 3540 days ago
I've never waded into JavaScript, so I'll take your word for it. I've heard some...surprising...things about JavaScript, so I'm not really taken aback that this might exist.

I'm referencing a time when I was in school, and most everything was taught in Java, where that doesn't make sense. This was written by someone who was almost finished their degree and had already started at their professional job. Definitely junior, but I still feel like that's stretching the acceptable level of noobishness. That said, I have an EE degree, so maybe had to solve / reduce a lot more boolean algebra expressions than a straight CS major?

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