On Monday, June 30, 2014, Frankie Bagnardi <[email protected]> wrote:
> String.prototype.endsWith and Object.is are functions, and their JS > implementations are nontrivial to memorize and type (although not the worst > examples). Memorizing PI to more than a few digits is nontrivial. Same > with Math.E, or Math.atan2, or most of the other Math functions and > properties. > > Remembering that PI*2 is TAO is required to even make use of it, > unless/until mathematicians, books, and wikipedia start using TAO where 2 > PI is currently used, you have to convert them. So if you decide to used > it, you already know the definition. The alternative to other things in > JavaScript (for the most part) spending time researching how to implement > it, comparing existing implementations, or having to look up a constant > value (e.g. 3.141592653589793). > > Seems a little silly, and I'd rather see some of the use cases for it end > up on Math if anything. > I'm sorry that no one corrected you in your previous post, but "tao" is a Chinese term for "the way" or "the path". Tau is a letter in the Greek alphabet—they are not related in anyway whatsoever. Rick
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