It bugs me an unreasonable amount when articles that have the space to explain it properly talk about hoisting as if it's an actual step compilers do rather tha

It bugs me an unreasonable amount when articles that have the space to explain it properly talk about hoisting as if it's an actual step compilers do rather than just a handy metaphore. They've literally _just_ talked about scope chains. It makes it seem like a crazy ill-conceived feature rather than the result of some tricky trade-offs.