“An expression can be content to just produce a value, but a statement only amounts to something if it somehow changes the world.”

—Marijn Haverbeke, from Eloquent JavaScript: An opinionated guide to programming. What, you were expecting Gandhi?

Incidentally, this is a really great way to introduce yourself to programming for the web. It encourages great practices and has a built-in test console for running examples and exercises. Eloquent JS is the new Why’s (Poignant).
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