[EDIT: I've added a part 2 to this blog post, to address some of the feedback that has come up: https://gist.github.com/getify/706e5e10822a298375da40f9cc1fa295]
Recently, this article on "The JavaScript Block Statement" came out, and it received some good discussion in a reddit thread. But the general reaction seems to be against this approach. That saddens me.