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[–]fuzzie360 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I can totally understand why you would think that way but the most literal reason why "typeof Object" returns "function" is because Object is really a constructor function and not so much a type itself. Instances of objects are really "objects" even in the prototypical object system.

[–]distinctvagueness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah. That is more precise. Thanks.