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jashkenas on July 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Preparing Yourself for Modern JavaScript Developme...

That's unfortunate. Properly using prototypes and "this" is the only way to do high-performance JavaScript with objects.

Get cozy with them -- they're useful.

TazeTSchnitzel on July 6, 2012 [–]

It isn't the only way, it's just that browser JS engines tend to be optimised for them.

andybak on July 7, 2012 | [–]

I believe your statement is therefore equivalent to the preceding one.

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