I miss you, var.

This is my open poem for the JavaScript var:

Comments

[Adam Crockett 🌀]

They should have made var behave like let and just add const. Or make everything immutable by default. I dislike the whole 3 variable assignment keywords, I'd welcome the trillions of breaking changes.

[Fernando Sávio]

I understand the feeling, but they probably didn't do it this way to avoid breaking backwards compatibility.
They should do it right from the beginning.

[Adam Crockett 🌀]

Sadly a time machine written in early JavaScript probably wouldn't work very well 🥳 Merry Christmas

[Eugene Karataev]

Nowdays even const is considered as a mistake 😅

Dave Herman

@littlecalculist

@pamelafox I’m so sorry! @wycats warned me const was a mistake for this exact reason and I didn’t take it seriously enough. One of my main ES6 regrets.

22:11 PM - 10 Oct 2017

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[Adam Crockett 🌀]

Constant complaining from the js community. 😆

[Ben Lovy]

They should do it right from the beginning

Hindsight is 20/20

[Fernando Sávio]

Far enough.
That was an unhappy statement, at least I learned a new word. thanks 😬

[Ben Lovy]

Not saying you're wrong, just that it's not trivial :)

[Adam Crockett 🌀]

Ahh 2020 the only year I can make jokes about my vision.

[AliTaheriMotlagh]

we should make a movie about it.

[Zachary Stone]

So like a Marvel movie? Or should I say.. Varvel? I will see myself out.

[AliTaheriMotlagh]

varpider man.

[Jaime González García]

You should make it a song 😁

[Joe Buckle]

Nah - good riddance var. Long live let & const ;)