alt Hacker NewsOf what, IEEE-754? Given how poorly most languages implement it (and how many shortcuts are taken in the same of speed), I'm not sure IEEE-754 is the problem.
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t-3 • today at 12:42 PM
I believe the other poster is correct, that OP is referencing the video "Wat" (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat), but I think that if most implementations of a standard are poor, the standard is probably the problem. It's likely to be either unclear or too complicated.
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Other than the IEE-754 he might mean the Wat talk [1] by Gary Bernhardt which is kind of famous for poking fun at JavaScript (and it's unpredictability with things like NaN. As a JS developer myself I find it hilarious.) Though I don't know why it would need to be remade he at least referenced the talk, it seems, with the word Wat, so it's worth mentioning at least I guess
[1]: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat