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### Expression-Oriented Language
In early programming languages [expressions][expression] and
In early programming languages, [expressions][expression] and
[statements][statement] were two separate syntactic categories: expressions had
a value and statements did things. However, later languages blurred this
distinction, allowing expressions to do things and statements to have a value.
In an expression-oriented language, (nearly) every statement is an expression
and therefore returns a value. Consequently these expression statements can
and therefore returns a value. Consequently, these expression statements can
themselves form part of larger expressions.
[expression]: glossary.html#expression