The Truth About DreamBerd

[TodePond]

Last week, we shut down the company, so there's no need to stay in character anymore.

For the first time ever, these release notes will contain no jokes, no sarcasm, and no humour of any kind. Instead, it's time to answer all the questions you ask us most. Questions like...

• Is DreamBerd a joke?
• What is DreamBerd making fun of?
• Will you accept my PR full of offensive jokes?

It's time to answer them all. No more lies! Here's the truth:

The Truth About DreamBerd

Is DreamBerd a joke?

Yes.

What is DreamBerd making fun of?

DreamBerd is making fun of JavaScript.

JavaScript is a terrible language, full of terrible design decisions. Just look at this abomination:

!!!!!!!true

Yeah... You read that right. JavaScript lets you put multiple exclamation marks at the start of a line. Dreamberd mocks this by allowing you to put multiple exclamation marks at the end of the line.

That's the kind of high-level satire you can expect from DreamBerd.

Here's another one:

typeof NaN === "number"

Yeah... You read that right. JavaScript thinks that 'not a number' is a 'number'. You probably didn't know this.

Not everyone will get these jokes. You have to be thinking quite laterally.

Will you accept my PR full of offensive jokes?

No.

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Tune in next week for more DreamBerd release notes.

If you love anti-javascript humour, then you'll love my video about how bad it is. Watch (or re-watch) it here.

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This discussion was created from the release The Truth About DreamBerd.

[radeeyate]

glad to know dreamberd is back!! 🚀 👀

[kerbalis]

Happy

[lowczarc]

Happy

[marvinborner]

Very happy

[radeeyate]

rejoiced

[atomicapple0]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN3IemyqJJw

[mybearworld]

Yeah... You read that right. JavaScript lets you put multiple exclamation marks at the start of a line. Dreamberd mocks this by allowing you to put multiple exclamation marks at the end of the line.

What about ;;;;;;;true? This is valid syntax in DreamBerd and returns false.

^{(Side note: This returns true in JavaScript.)}

[iqnite]

JavaScript was made to make fun of DreamBerd. Its creator once said

Yeah... You read that right. DreamBerd lets you put multiple semicolons at the start of a line. JavaScript mocks this by allowing you to put multiple semicolons at the end of the line.

in an interview with c't.

[darrowv]

What's wrong with NaN being considered as a number type if it really is according to the IEEE 754 standard? EcmaScript employs this standard, so wouldn't it be worse if JavaScript were inconsistent in this particular part? Just interesting

[TodePond]

Yeah I think you're onto something here

[MaddyGuthridge]

Don't think you're thinking about it literally enough tbh

[jozsefsallai]

you forgot to mention using floats as array indexes (which is implemented better in DreamBerd)

this is perfectly valid JavaScript:

const arr = ['hello', 'world'];
arr[0.5] = '???';

in fact you can also use negative numbers if that's what you're into, but I think we all should just stay positive

[phoopee3]

How can you be down on JS when it has these types of surprises?! You can double your memory by changing the step count in your arrays.

[r4mbhardwaj]

so sad

[TodePond]

Wat

haha

[mybearworld]

haha

[iqnite]

haha

[skifli]

haha

[radeeyate]

haha

[skifli]

Can't forget that an empty array is the same as an empty string [] == '' // true.

[mybearworld]

See, that's where DreamBerd shines! If you don't want this behaviour, you can just not have it: [] === '' And if you do, you can: [] == ""

oh wait

[skifli]

But I can't be tasked with choosing which method for such a vital decision. Surely the programming language should decide so I can blame any consequences on it?

[TodePond]

I think you're on the right path here, keep going.

[MaddyGuthridge]

Will you start up the company again if I ask nicely?

[TodePond]

Yes

[MaddyGuthridge]

Please start the company again 🥺

[TodePond]

Ok sure!

[JustLeif]

console.log(typeof 'JavaScript isn't that bad?' === false)
=> true

[mybearworld]

unrelated but did GitHub just change how the writing comments UI looks? interesting

[spifory]

They did! See https://github.blog/changelog/2023-10-31-the-comment-box-becomes-more-consistent-and-accessible :)