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Discussion on: Node.js Under The Hood #5 - Hidden Classes & Variable Allocations

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Anshul Negi

Doesn't dynamic typed affect the performance of an application, as it has to hop many times, to access the last variable in our case "y"?

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Stav Alfi

from the picture in the article:
answer- no.
reason - the object will always point to the newest hidden-class; which will contain x and y :P