Why does [5,6,8,7][1,2] = 8 in JavaScript?

by 
[1,2,3,4,5,6][1,2,3];
      ^         ^
      |         |
    array       + — array subscript access operation,
                    where index is `1,2,3`,
                    which is an expression that evaluates to `3`.

The second [...] cannot be an array, so it’s an array subscript operation. And the contents of a subscript operation are not a delimited list of operands, but a single expression.

Read more about the comma operator here.

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