[mgkimsal]

There's == and === - they do separate things.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359494/javascript-vs

It's not that hard to get your head around, and at least one other major language does it this way.

[perlgeek]

agreed, but == being a non-associative operator is still just sick.

[mjw]

I think you mean non-transitive. But yes.