““What does it mean to assign the value null to a variable? How about “We intend to assign an object to this variable at some point, but we haven’t yet.” Now, if you’re scratching your head and saying “Hmm, why didn’t they just use undefined for that?” then you’re in good company. The answer comes from the very beginnings of JavaScript. The idea was to have one value for variables that haven’t been initialized to anything yet, and another that means the lack of an object. It isn’t pretty, and it’s a little redundant, but it is what it is at this point. Just””
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