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It doesn't seem like they currently do this, but it would be great if Amazon applied file de-duplication (like Dropbox) to at least music files. If I'm trying to upload a song that…

That was a really interesting talk--thanks for the link! Something that initially confused me was that Eich's use of the term "prototypal" (a pattern for implementing class-based i…

The mostly likely reason is probably familiarity. Most languages use the 'new' operator to create new objects, so it seems natural to follow the same pattern when creating a JS API…

You're right! Fixed. Thanks for letting me know.

Yup, I agree. I recently submitted a pull request for changes I made to expose a primitive Base class in Backbone: https://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/pull/276

That's really what I liked the most about the Backbone implementation. It stays very close to the standard JS pattern--essentially mirroring what someone would do if they wanted to…

CoffeeScript does have really nice syntax for OOP, but I think JavaScript deserves some lovin' too. Well-written JavaScript (such as Backbone) looks pretty beautiful. Another plus …