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Global variables, yes or no? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by zongor@hexbear.net to c/programming@hexbear.net
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If they didn’t exist in a language would you be upset? Any obvious things that can’t be done without global variables? I don’t think there is, but I could have missed something. I know that Haskell doesn’t have them and I think some newer ones like V also don’t have them.

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[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Fine for short scripts. Good to avoid for everything else and you should have a good reason to stray from the default if you’re gonna do so. No one instance of global state is a huge deal but it piles up quick as projects age.