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How Prototypal Inheritance works in JavaScript
Before starting with prototypal inheritance let’s first understand what a prototype is. All the objects in JavaScript like Array, Boolean, Date etc all inherit properties and methods from their prototype. Object is the at top of the Prototype chain...
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Nice writeup! ⭐
The prototypal inheritance model reminds me of the linked list data structure, where the prototype chain is like the links in a linked list. Actually, the scope chain seems to work similarly in JavaScript.
Maybe linked lists were one of Brendan Eich's favorite data structures 🤔
Dival Sehgal
Nicely explained !