Why is `scope` planned for deprecation?

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On Sunday, 16 November 2014 at 20:26:36 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> If you read my article, the fix does not take away anything.

Yes, but that is just what all other languages had at the time, 
so leaving it out was obviously deliberate. I assume they wanted 
a very simple model where each parameter could fit in a register.

> I've worked enough with C to know that these arguments do not 
> hold up in real code.

But you have to admit that older CPUS/tight RAM does have an 
effect? Even 8086 have dedicated string instructions with the 
ability to terminate on zero (REPNZ)