What if you've got a few dozen local variables? Do you want to pass them all as parameters, for every single logical block in your algorithm? I'm not disag

What if you've got a few dozen local variables? Do you want to pass them all as parameters, for every single logical block in your algorithm? I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's interesting to note that in a stack-oriented language like Forth, PostScript or Factor this isn't a problem.