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Re:Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript by shazow on Monday December 13, 2010 @01:08AM (#1999548)
A rounding error that causes a fast-paced Javascript game to crawl to a laggy stutter when repeated all over the place.

Regardless, the Closure Compiler (that the Closure Library is made to be used for) fixes this common case.

Another example where it's more than a rounding error: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2573212/why-is-setting-ht...

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Re:Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript by btipling on Monday December 13, 2010 @05:03PM (#2002138)
That stackoverflow article points to http://www.onaluf.org/en/entry/13

which explains the issue is a lot more complicated then just a property lookup.

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