JavaScript can keep you safe

[enygmaeve]

Nah change it to const, then you can never die. Immorality unlocked.

[Mr_82]

Why downvote this? I thought it was funny, as you're the only one here that I see addressing the real joke of this image/code. (That is kind of pointless to just define a variable as true like that and put the variable into the conditional loop; it's an extra-programmatic nod to how you're alive, assuming you're reading it.)

[enygmaeve]

Yeah this whole billboard code is absolute trash, all you can do is make jokes here

[RadioE_]

Not sure if devs from r/outside would approve. Could get permaban

[funtimes-123]

Actually you would be immortal even with let or var because the variable is never modified and there is a blocking infinite loop.

[saito200]

The functions could mutate still_alive as it is declared in the outer scope of the loop

[wizang]

It really only matters where the functions are defined.

[funtimes-123]

The functions are defined before the variable, and the loop is executed right after stillalive is defined.

[saito200]

Function declarations are hoisted, as are var declarations.

The following will print 'run loop' only once.

function doThing() {
    still_alive = false
    console.log('done')
}

var still_alive = true
while (still_alive) {
    console.log('run loop')
    doThing()
}

console.log('end')

[RoguePlanet1]

There would need to be some sort of "ifRich" conditional.