Note that the slowness of Object.create in V8 (it forces objects into hashtable mode) is the reason that Chrome did so poorly on the JSLint benchmark. Given the

Note that the slowness of Object.create in V8 (it forces objects into hashtable mode) is the reason that Chrome did so poorly on the JSLint benchmark. Given the popularity of that benchmark, I suspect that Chrome will get around to optimizing Object.create sooner rather than later.