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		greggman on Feb 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google SoundScript: faster OOP for JavaScript not in SoundScript they aren't

UberMouse on Feb 4, 2015 [–]

Pretty sure they still are syntactic sugar for prototypes, just like in ES6. But SoundScript enforces that you cannot modify prototypes. There's not really a problem with that, it's doing it for speed. So it's not for your average Javascript app where performance doesn't matter as much.

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