One addendum. As of JavaScript 1.7 there is yet another way of declaring a variable. It is called let, and makes var work the way it should have worked all along.
Of course you can't rely on people having JavaScript 1.7 in their browser. And even if their browser supports it, if the script tag is not declared correctly, YOUR JavaScript won't be understood to be JavaScript 1.7. So people avoid JavaScript 1.7 features.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled flame war.
ok, this is the second hit on google for "feciform" (third is "vomiting feciform matter" while first is "FECI form"). is this really a word? if not, what on earth did you mean?
Of course you can't rely on people having JavaScript 1.7 in their browser. And even if their browser supports it, if the script tag is not declared correctly, YOUR JavaScript won't be understood to be JavaScript 1.7. So people avoid JavaScript 1.7 features.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled flame war.