Eval breaks both JIT[1] and garbage collection [2] (unless used very carefully). It also affects Google Closure Compiler [3]. What is even better - it won't eve

Eval breaks both JIT[1] and garbage collection [2] (unless used very carefully). It also affects Google Closure Compiler [3]. What is even better - it won't ever be fixed, at least not in the terms of performance. [1] http://echo.nextapp.com/site/node/6097 http://echo.nextapp.com/site/node/6097 [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5368048/how-are-closures-and-scopes-represented-at-run-time-in-javascript http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5368048/how-are-closures-... [3] http://groups.google.com/group/closure-compiler-discuss/browse_thread/thread/e01e087142784940/4e4dd45ee97fc1c8 http://groups.google.com/group/closure-compiler-discuss/brow...