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What's a readability (lemmy.world)

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Same here. Also, this syntax is common in modem JavaScript, I don't get the hate.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

this syntax is common in modem JavaScript

I think you might have just explained the hate 😅

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Sure, but those are people who hate JavaScript for the sake of it. The rational ones hate it for its inconsistencies because the one thing JS gets right is its syntax.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

yeah, in kotlin as well, except its '?:' instead of '??='