MIN_VALUE Is Positive

Number.MIN_VALUE is greater than zero.

In 2026: Still works, and the name is the trap. Number.MIN_VALUE is the smallest positive number the language can represent, around 5e-324, not the most negative number. The most negative is -Number.MAX_VALUE. So Number.MIN_VALUE > 0 is true.

Where it came from: Number.MIN_VALUE is the smallest representable positive value, not the most negative, as MDN spells out. MDN ↗

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