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Expand Up @@ -2653,9 +2653,10 @@ An expression may have two roles: it always produces a *value*, and it may have
value, and has effects during *evaluation*. Many expressions contain
sub-expressions (operands). The meaning of each kind of expression dictates
several things:
* Whether or not to evaluate the sub-expressions when evaluating the
* expression The order in which to evaluate the sub-expressions How to
* combine the sub-expressions' values to obtain the value of the expression.

* Whether or not to evaluate the sub-expressions when evaluating the expression
* The order in which to evaluate the sub-expressions
* How to combine the sub-expressions' values to obtain the value of the expression

In this way, the structure of expressions dictates the structure of execution.
Blocks are just another kind of expression, so blocks, statements, expressions,
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