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Programmers out there: can I safely assume that you were drilled on the idea that global variables have a bunch of unpleasant side effects on the design of your programs, and that you should avoid them, however it is that you learned to program?

Or is my expectation that this is widespread advice more idiosyncratic to my own experiences than I realize?

Paul Wouters 🇪🇺🇨🇦 · 74w

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kasperd · 74w

I have definitely heard that advice. I cannot remember when I first heard it and how many times I have heard it. I am pretty sure it was mentioned in the first year programming course at university. For the most part I do try to avoid global variables. But sometimes a global variable just is the mo...