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0 pointspcr9103035y ago0 comments

> it'd be surprising in any case to encounter dynamic scope in Javascript, a language which does not even support it.

Doesn't matter much, but just b.c. it's interesting: JavaScript actually does support limited dynamic scoping - `this` is scoped dynamically like in usual Lisps, and there's a with statement[0] that acts somewhat similar with `let` in Lisp.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

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desert_boi5y ago

`with` is not allowed in strict mode (from ES5) and with ES modules (which imply strict). It's a bit of a relic.

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0 pointspcr9103035y ago0 comments

> it'd be surprising in any case to encounter dynamic scope in Javascript, a language which does not even support it.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

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desert_boi5y ago

`with` is not allowed in strict mode (from ES5) and with ES modules (which imply strict). It's a bit of a relic.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse