- About the “assoative arrays really are objects”: the best of it is that it’s exactly the same with ActionScript. :-)

- About the ternary expression: my view is that it’s just less maintenable code in the long run…

I use it for my de&&bug( “http://virteal.com/DebugDarling”);

“… If the left-hand operand resolves to â��trueâ�� then it is returned, otherwise the right-hand operand is returned. This is exactly the same as the â��orâ�� operator in any other language.”

Sorry, but not all languages work that way. For example, some languages will evaluate BOTH sides of an OR operator before checking to see if at least one of them has evaluated to true. (If memory serves, VB works that way.)

For many programming tasks, it doesn’t matter whether the OR operator evaluates both operands first, or just the left one first. However, there are some situations where is does matter, and there are (increasingly common) JS idioms that depend on this ’short-circuit’ behavior.

I’m also skeptical of the idea that OR operators in all languages return one of their operands (when neither of them evaluate to false). I believe that some languages return a Boolean value in that case.

My apologies if the above comes across as pedantic, but I believe that this (seemingly subtle) bit of behavior actually is something experience Programmers care about. Personally, I know that whenever I am learning a new language I always check to see if the OR operator supports ’short-circuit’ evaluation (or not).

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