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		Troll_Whisperer on July 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Case for the Single Founder Startup What does it mean when a ! is followed by a double equals? Is !== different from != in netspeak?

smarterchild on July 23, 2011 [–]

Strict equals - it doesn't cast types.

Programming distinction, and no idea why the author used that. Mostly the same meaning though, for conversational purposes.

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