Every assignment is done by reference in JavaScript... like why? Lemme use a pointer when I need it.
ES2016 looks so much like Java, I swear nobody will notice if they added pointers... and over 9000 more confusing features.

It doesn't just end by adding a pointer. This will change the whole structure of the language itself.

@tahnik RN, I need to do JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(myVar)) to make a value copy

@ryzokuken I don't understand it though. You are converting a JS object to json string and converting it back to JS object again? Why?

@tahnik so that the variable I am assigning this to gets the value and not the reference to the other variables. Sometimes, one needs to deliberately copy the value of a variable and not change the original. I hope this made it clear?

@ryzokuken Oh you are assigning it to another variable to make a copy. I get it now. Yeah, I understand. It can be weird sometimes.

Lodash :) use lodash clone function :p

You can use Object.assign({}, varYouWantToClone).

@spongessuck thanks for the tip

@ryzokuken sure thing. Be careful, though, I don't think it's supported in old IE.

@spongessuck that won't make a deep copy.

Won't function cp( x ){ return x;} make a value copy for you?

Noob question here... What does a pointer change vs a reference?