On: JavaScript: Warts and workarounds

[dhconnelly]

You can also use blocks this way in C, Java, etc.

[sophiebits → dhconnelly]

However, in C and Java they're actually useful because they delimit variable scope. In JavaScript I'm not aware of any use for them.

[bzbarsky → sophiebits]

EcmaScript is working on growing a way to indicate block scope with "let" as mentioned elsewhere in this thread.