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[yuchi]

I still don’t understand why no one does `child.__proto__ = parent;` to inherit properties on the constructor chain too.

[nevir → yuchi]

There's a bunch of caveats to __proto__: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

[jashkenas → yuchi]

Because then your JavaScript will break in both old, and even relatively recent versions of Internet Explorer.