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The fact that Javascript is prototypal language is really cool once you get your head around it. It doesn't seem like an advantage to get rid of this (which wou

The fact that Javascript is prototypal language is really cool once you get your head around it. It doesn't seem like an advantage to get rid of this (which would make it no longer prototype-based) just to have another functional language.

akritrime 8y ago
Reading You Don't Know JS really made me appreciate certain aspects as features and not whimsical bugs.
- mimixco 8y ago
  JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan did that for me. Once I finally got prototypes and this, my JS code really took off.
  - akritrime 8y ago
    I have heard about it. I have to check it out someday, even if just for historical purposes.
coldtea 8y ago
Not really. It just allows for some behavior that in the end makes the code worse.