> My assertion is the advantage of having function scoping is apparent to those who understand function scoping. I assert that if you can't say what the advant

> My assertion is the advantage of having function scoping is apparent to those who understand function scoping. I assert that if you can't say what the advantage is then you don't understand it yourself. "You'd see the advantages if you understood this, and since you don't you must not understand it" is not a reasonable thing to say to people.