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		mattmanser on Nov 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker I tend to see much clearer indicators in JavaScript code. Global variables? Lots of functions outside any closure? Old skool js coder ahead. You can also tell javascript only programmers a mile off. Anonymous functions everywhere? Functions have multiple concerns? Use 'var aFunction = function()'? Mono linguist and spaghetti code ahead.

baudehlo on Nov 24, 2013 | [–]

A lot more JS coders could benefit from adding "use strict" to their code too. It's frankly amazing it isn't used more.

Mithaldu on Nov 24, 2013 | | [–]

Honestly, in practive it falls short and doesn't do nearly enough. :(

baudehlo on Nov 24, 2013 | | | [–]

True. It does far too little at compile time. I don't understand why. Maybe we need a "use compile strict" ;)

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