This means that in some ways prototypal languages are more fundamental than classes. They are really neat to implement because they’re so simple. Also, they can express lots of unusual patterns that classes steer you away from.
But I’ve looked at a lot of code written in prototypal languages—including some of my own devising. Do you know what people generally do with all of the power and flexibility of prototypes? ... They use them to reinvent classes.
I don’t know why that is, but people naturally seem to prefer a class-based (Classic? Classy?) style. Prototypes are simpler in the language, but they seem to accomplish that only by pushing the complexity onto the user.
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