How is the ternary operator evaluated in JavaScript?

Question

Regarding the ternary (? :) operator in JavaScript, I would like to know how it is evaluated by a typical browser\'s JavaScript interpreter:

Alternative A:<

Answer 1

Run this and find out:

function bool() {
    alert('bool');
    return false;
}

function a() {
    alert('a');
    return 'A';
}

function b() {
    alert('b');
    return 'B';
}

alert(bool() ? a() : b())