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EloquentJavaScript3rdeditionMarijn HaverbekeCopyright 2018 by Marijn HaverbekeThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-noncommerciallicense ( ). All code in thebook may also be considered licensed under an MIT license ( ).The illustrations are contributed by various artists: Cover and chapter illus-trations by Madalina Tantareanu. Pixel art in Chapters 7 and 16 by AntonioPerdomo Pastor. Regular expression diagrams in Chapter 9 generated Jeff Avallone. Village photograph in Chapter 11 by FabriceCreuzot. Game concept for Chapter 15 byThomas third edition of Eloquent JavaScript was made possible by325 can buy a print version of this book, with an extra bonus chapter included,printed by No Starch Press programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Why language matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3What is JavaScript?.

A good programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level. It helps omit details, provides convenient building blocks (such as while and

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