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It is important to try and avoid scope pollution when using global variables in a program. Tightly scoping variables using the block scope provides several advantages:
๐ Makes code more legible as blocks organize code in discrete sections
๐ Makes code easier to understand
๐ Makes code easier to maintain
๐ Saves memory in code
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