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A comment on Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024). Parent comment

Re:Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024) by michaelcampbell on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:46AM (#39630463)
"binding" is pretty standard terminology in some oldtimey languages; lisp, ML, etc.
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Re:Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024) by kazinator on Thursday March 07, 2024 @12:31PM (#39631794)
Bash documentation says that "set -u" traps variables that are "unset".

The actual diagnostic itself is better educated:

  $ set -u
  $ asdasdf
  $ echo $asdasdf
  bash: asdasdf: unbound variable
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