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Re: Relationship between .prototype and [[prototype]]

From John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Relationship between .prototype and [[prototype]]
Date 2014-03-09 11:42 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <2tkoh9ptq7qipru9fkqa4ekkfjermou5hj@4ax.com> (permalink)
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:11:15 +0100, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<PointedEars@web.de> wrote:

>Walter Milner wrote:
>
>> I think that when you define a function func, an object called
>> func.prototype is created, and func's prototype property points to it.
>
>Incorrect.  Objects have identity, not name (until they are given a naming 
>property).  Functions are objects that have a “prototype” property (created 
>upon creation of the Function instance).  The initial value of that property 
>is a reference to another Function instance, “the standard built-in Function 
>prototype object”.
  <snip>

You presumably tried to cancel this nonsense article, but be aware
that news.eternal-september.org did not cancel it. You should assume
that many other news servers are the same, even well-run ones.

  John

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Relationship between .prototype and [[prototype]] Walter Milner <w.w.milner@gmail.com> - 2014-03-08 08:43 -0800
  Re: Relationship between .prototype and [[prototype]] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-08 20:24 +0100
  Re: Relationship between .prototype and [[prototype]] John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2014-03-09 11:33 +0000
  Re: Relationship between .prototype and [[prototype]] John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2014-03-09 11:42 +0000

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