Prototypal inheritance in JavaScript

Question

I\'ve been watching Douglas Crockford\'s talks at YUI Theater, and I have a question about JavaScript inheritance...

Douglas gives this example to show that \"Hoozit\" i

Answer 1

If he writes Hoozit.prototype = Gizmo.prototype any modfication he makes later to the prototype of Hoozit will be reflected in the prototype of Gizmo.