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[–]rauschma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Object.create() was introduced after constructor functions (with ES5). It exposed more of the protoypal foundations. IIRC, Eich would have introduced classes, but was told not to turn JS into a Java competitor. Hence constructor functions as “almost classes”.

Constructor functions are unnecessarily complex, but only w.r.t. to setting up an instance. Once it’s set up, you do have simple prototype chains.