Yeah, it seems that prototype-based programming fits his needs better. With prototypal inheritance you make no assumption that what you inherit from is a strict superset of the class. It's more like saying "This object is like so-and-so, except..." every time you create a link in the inheritance chain, and that fits the way people classify things a little better. Steve Yegge put it best: "The most specific event can serve as a general example of a class of events."

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/10/universal-design-pat...