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Re:Google SoundScript: faster OOP for JavaScript by masklinn on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @04:32PM (#9000012)
> I can agree that you get a certain degree of flexibility that you don't get with class-based languages

That's not even the case. Not in Javascript anyway. The only thing you get is not having a separate hierarchy of class objects.

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Re:Google SoundScript: faster OOP for JavaScript by kybernetikos on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @06:53PM (#9000899)
Most class based languages won't let you inherit from an instance, and many won't let you use the same techniques you use to inspect or constrain instances to inspect or constrain classes.
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