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why does javascript have hoisting

// why does javascript have hoisting?

As Stoyan Stefanov explains in "JavaScript Patterns" book, the hoisting is 
result of JavaScript interpreter implementation.

The JS code interpretation is performed in two passes. 
a) During the first pass, the interpreter processes 
variable[NOT the initialitations] and function declarations.

b)The second pass is the actual code execution step. The interpreter processes 
function expressions and undeclared variables.

Thus, we can use the "hoisting" concept to describe such behavior.
 
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