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Re:Overview of JavaScript ES6 features by oldmanjay on Monday October 24, 2016 @01:26PM (#12780855)
You'd think after all these decades I'd no longer be surprised that programmers try so hard to minimize their typing, since it has no demonstrable positive impact on code quality. I guess premature optimization is in the blood of some people.
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Re:Overview of JavaScript ES6 features by mort96 on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:03PM (#12800534)
It's not about working hard to minimize typing, it's more about not wanting to switch from a state of little typing to a state of more typing. Also, it has nothing to do with optimization; I don't think there exists a single person who uses "let" over "const" because of performance reasons. I also don't think anyone uses "let" over "const" because they think it improves code quality.
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Re:Overview of JavaScript ES6 features by z3t4 on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:40PM (#12781551)
The right path have to add more value then the path of least residence.
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