tonymtz

# first:
lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom | while read f; do  sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; done
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*

# To recap, the best way (I've found) to completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:

# go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules
cd /usr/local/lib
sudo rm -rf node*

Ynote

// This is just a short reminder of this great explanation:
// http://www.2ality.com/2015/06/tail-call-optimization.html

// not TCO
function factorial(n) {
  if (n <= 0) return 1;
  
  return n * factorial(n-1); // here, the main recursive call not in a tail position because of the `n` context.
}

yidas

JavaScript nl2br & br2nl functions

The exchange of new line & br HTML tag could refer to PHP - nl2br() function, which uses to inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string.

These JavaScript functions consider whether to use insert or replace to handle the swap.

nl2br