--- title: Abstract Heresies: Statements and Expressions | daily.dev description: Different programming languages have different approaches to language constructs, with some treating every construct as an expression and others distinguishing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/abstract-heresies-statements-and-expressions-tofvqypdo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Abstract Heresies: Statements and Expressions | daily.dev og:description: Different programming languages have different approaches to language constructs, with some treating every construct as an expression and others distinguishing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/abstract-heresies-statements-and-expressions-tofvqypdo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TOFvQYPdO.png og:image:alt: Abstract Heresies: Statements and Expressions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Abstract Heresies: Statements and Expressions **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Different programming languages have different approaches to language constructs, with some treating every construct as an expression and others distinguishing between expressions and statements. The choice of making constructs either expressions or statements can impact code complexity and readability. Making all constructs expressions could simplify the language and make programs easier to write. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#language-design](https://daily.dev/tags/language-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/abstract-heresies-statements-and-expressions-tofvqypdo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Abstract Heresies: Statements and Expressions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/abstract-heresies-statements-and-expressions-tofvqypdo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/abstract-heresies-statements-and-expressions-tofvqypdo"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T08:08:35.729Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:43:46.388Z","description":"Different programming languages have different approaches to language constructs, with some treating every construct as an expression and others distinguishing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/abstract-heresies-statements-and-expressions-tofvqypdo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"language-design","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Abstract Heresies: Statements and Expressions"}]} ```