Why does JavaScript hoist variables?

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

The JS code interpretation performed in two passes. During the first pass, the interpreter processes variable and function declarations.

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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