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How dare you ask this? Was it just to get into a programming memes page? (suppo.fi)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The audacity to do such a thing…

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would probably be way easier than expected to do so in javascript. It would also be awful.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children) 
for(var i=0; i \< numLoops; i++){
    globalThis['example'+i] = doStuff(i);
}
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children) 
for(var i = 0; i < numLoops; i++) {
    eval("var_" + i + " = " + i + ";");
}
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

eval is a path to powers many would consider to be... unnatural

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it possible to learn this power?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Not from ES6