Should "const" be favored over "let"?

[Marius Gundersen]

I too have found that most of my variables are defined with const, as they
never change. Let var die is a catchy saying, but I believe it should be
let var die, use const.


On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen at wirfs-brock.com>
wrote:

>
> I agree, 'let' is likely to win because of it's length.  I find that I
> fall into using it solely or that reason.  I think it also wins on
> readability.
>
> If we had a "do-over".  I'd make `let` means what `const` now means and
> have something different for defining mutable lexical bindings.  Maybe `let
> var foo=...;`.
>
>
let and mut?  Oh well, too late for that now.

Marius Gundersen
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