How different are the semantics between Python and JavaScript?

Question

Both these languages seem extremely similar to me. Although Python supports actual classes instead of being prototype-based, in Python classes are not all that different from f

Answer 1

In python, "self" is explicitly passed to a member function, and is not a special keyword or anything. In javascript, "this" is dynamically scoped. you can fiddle with the scope of a member function by calling apply() on it.