Javascript is the most popular scripting language in use today
Explanation: it's mostly due to how js does type conversion. for the Ls, it's
[] is an empty array
![] is treated as false
combining a boolean with the empty array returns "false" as a string (so true + [] = "true", false + [] = "false")
! + [] is treated as true
! + [] + ! + [] is treated as 2 since true + true = 1 + 1 = 2
so you have "false"[2], which is l
for the o it's
[] is an empty array
[] + {} returns "[object Object]" as a string ({} + [] returns 0)
![] is false
!![] is true
+!![] casts it to an integer
so that part is "[object Object]"[1], which returns "o"
The idea behind it is not that complicated to explain...
They set up a construct that spits out the word "false" and one that spits out "[object Object]".
Taking the character with the Index of 2 from "false" gives us the "l" (the "2" to use as the index is of course also created using only brackets and parentheses).
The character with the index of 1 from "[object Object]" is "o".
So we have everything we need to spell out "lol".
Javascript might be the most widely-used scripting language in use today, due to its browser dominance. Most popular would imply that it's not completely despised by everyone that has to use it, which is misleading. Even TypeScript tutorials are about 50% 'you have to understand what Javascript does wrong here'.