Why was JavaScript Implemented Using Prototypal Inheritance?

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Published on 2010-01-19T02:08:33Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 6:51 UTC
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There's lots of articles and posts explaining how JavaScript inheritance works, but I'm curious why JavaScript was implemented using prototypal inheritance instead of classical inheritance. I love JavaScript so I'm not saying it's bad thing... I'm just curious.

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