cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10094818

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Gender variability as declarations in JavaScript: const / let / var

Meme is based on Jordan Peterson “approival / disapproval” format, him being a conservative who disapproves of gender fluidity.

Transcript:

  • Jordan Peterson approval image: const gender;
  • Jordan Peterson angry image: let gender;
  • Jordan Peterson crying image: var gender;
    • Phen@lemmy.eco.br
      2·
      9 months ago

      Last one can be freely changed by anyone, the middle one still has some restraints.

      • soloner@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        Reassignment isn’t the same as mutation. But mutation depends on the type of value. If gender was a string like “female” it wouldn’t be mutable cuz strings are immutable in JS.

      • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        var isn’t global unless it’s not inside a function. var is just function scoped, with declaration auto hoisted to the beginning of the function. let is a little more intuitive since you can’t refer to it before it’s been declared and has block scope rather than function scope.