I tried not to get too deep into the explanations because I really, really wanted to keep this to a short list that could be scanned and grokked. Truth be told

I tried not to get too deep into the explanations because I really, really wanted to keep this to a short list that could be scanned and grokked. Truth be told, if someone wants an explanation of some of JS's weirdness, there are far better articles out there they can Google to meet that need. :)