A Weakly Typed Language Means That JavaScript Is Smart
One last characteristic of JavaScript needs to be discussed before going on to the next chapter. JavaScript is considered a “weakly typed” or “untyped” language. The type in question here are the data types—nothing to do with typing from your keyboard. For programmers coming from C++ or Java, two strongly typed languages, this means that JavaScript will figure out what type of data you have and make the necessary adjustments so that you don’t have to redefine your different types of data. Designers new to programming will welcome a weakly typed language because it will save time in learning several different conversion steps and data type declarations.
For example, suppose that you’re setting ...
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