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Subject: JSlint finds for loops intolerable
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 06:56:41 -0400
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In the current JSLint help webpage (http://jslint.com/help.html) it now 
says:

"Tolerate for statement:
true if the for statement should be allowed
It is almost always better to use the array methods instead."

Getting rid of the for loops is a big change. Reflecting on it, however, 
the for loop is an awkward construction -- it's just something you learn 
as a matter of fact when you begin and that time on you take it for 
granted. Instead of

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
     ...
}

the while loop does seem more straightforward:

var i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
     ...
     i += 1;
}

After stopping using for loops, I can imagine a time when I won't be 
able to understand why I once almost always preferred to use them.

I do not understand, however, the comment about array methods. I seldom 
find use for them. Can someone explain what Crawford implies??

Thanks.

Eustace

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