if (typeof Object.beget !== 'function') {

Object.beget = function (o) {

var F = function () {};

F.prototype = o;

return new F();

};

}

var another_stooge = Object.beget(stooge);

 

Function.prototype.method = function (name, func) {

if (!this.prototype[name]) {

this.prototype[name] = func;

}

};

Object.method('superior', function (name) {

var that = this,

method = that[name];

return function ( ) {

return method.apply(that, arguments);

};

});

var mammal = function (spec) {

var that = {};

that.get_name = function ( ) {

return spec.name;

};

that.says = function ( ) {

return spec.saying || '';

};

return that;

};

var myMammal = mammal({name: 'Herb'});

var cat = function (spec) {

spec.saying = spec.saying || 'meow';

var that = mammal(spec);

that.purr = function (n) {

var i, s = '';

for (i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {

if (s) {

s += '-';

}

s += 'r';

}

return s;

};

that.get_name = function ( ) {

return that.says( ) + ' ' + spec.name +

' ' + that.says( );

}

return that;

};

var myCat = cat({name: 'Henrietta'});

var coolcat = function (spec) {

var that = cat(spec),

super_get_name = that.superior('get_name');

that.get_name = function (n) {

return 'like ' + super_get_name( ) + ' baby';

};

return that;

};

var myCoolCat = coolcat({name: 'Bix'});

var name = myCoolCat.get_name( );

// 'like meow Bix meow baby'