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TazeTSchnitzel on July 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: ES6: The features I'm most excited about

`class` trades the flexibility of prototypes for the familiarity of other languages. :(

domenicd on July 6, 2015 [–]

This is just false. `class` is sugar over prototypes. Nothing is lost.

TazeTSchnitzel on July 6, 2015 | [–]

Yes, it is just "sugar", but it cements one way of doing things.

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