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This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkeySpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the original JS engine.}

JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the original JS engine.}

JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the original JS engine.}

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JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the one used in Firefox and the first-ever JavaScriptoriginal JS engine.}

JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the one used in Firefox and the first-ever JavaScript engine}

JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the original JS engine.}

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JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkeySpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the one used in Firefox and the first-ever JavaScript engine}

JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine, the one used in Firefox and the first-ever JavaScript engine}

JavaScript Shell

This will make the language completely unusable.

clear(this);

Isn't it nice how JavaScript has such a nice function to destroy itself?

This is pretty simple, the clear function completely empty an object. this refers to the global object clearing out everything including constructors and functions.

Because this clears everything, doing anything, even defining a literal will throw an error, making the language completely useless: _{*REPL environment not required.} _{Uses the SpiderMonkey engine (shell not browser), the one used in Firefox and the first-ever JavaScript engine}

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