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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10094818

spoilerGender variability as declarations in JavaScript: const / let / var

Meme is based on Jordan Peterson "approival / disapproval" format, him being a conservative who disapproves of gender fluidity.

Transcript:

  • Jordan Peterson approval image: const gender;
  • Jordan Peterson angry image: let gender;
  • Jordan Peterson crying image: var gender;

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[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 95 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Joke's on you because they're all still mutable objects behind the reference.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Last one can be freely changed by anyone, the middle one still has some restraints.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 7 points 2 years ago

var isn't global unless it's not inside a function. var is just function scoped, with declaration auto hoisted to the beginning of the function. let is a little more intuitive since you can't refer to it before it's been declared and has block scope rather than function scope.

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