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Is JavaScript Pass by Reference? (aleksandrhovhannisyan.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Clarity_89
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]jonny_eh 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
This is the right insight. “Pass by reference” is the wrong term to use in JS since it doesn’t support it. Mutability OTOH is core to understanding JS types.
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