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Explain how prototypal inheritance differs from classical inheritance.

Q: Explain how prototypal inheritance differs from classical inheritance.

**Core concept (TL;DR).** In *classical* inheritance (Java, C++, C#) classes are blueprints, and objects are instances stamped out from them at compile time. In *prototypal* inheritance (JavaScript) there are no blueprints — objects inherit **directly from other objects** through a live [[Prototype]] link, resolved dynamically at runtime. Blueprint-and-instance vs object-to-object Classical</t

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