From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-03T00:32:09+09:00
Subject: Re: I'll have the duck!

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:54:55PM +0900, nothinghappens@mchsi.com wrote:
> > > there's a language called "self" that has no classes, only prototypes. if 
> you
> > > can find some material on that, i think you'll find it interesting.
> 
> Just chiming in here, early ActionScript (v1.0) also had a totally protoype-based object system.  2.0 brought in classes but I think retained some of the prototyping capabilities.  3.0 has probably gone all classes, they're trying to make it into a so-called "real" OO language... which I think has its good and bad points.
> 

If I'm not mistaken, Javascript is sort of a halfway point between a
class-based system and a prototype-based system, with prototypes being
generated from classes.

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