Most people see .prototype and the end-all-be-all of Prototypal Inheritance and base everything they think they know about it, from how a frontend from the early 2000s was coded.
They work through some lisp book in school, have an exam and think that's all lisp development can give you.
Same for functional programming, where most "we love functional programming" companies just compose some small-ish functions in a chain and call it a day.
Everything that is initially niche, finds a good fit and becomes "mainstream" or even a bit popular, tends to be mushed into some other paradigm while getting there.
Most people see .prototype and the end-all-be-all of Prototypal Inheritance and base everything they think they know about it, from how a frontend from the early 2000s was coded.
They work through some lisp book in school, have an exam and think that's all lisp development can give you.
Same for functional programming, where most "we love functional programming" companies just compose some small-ish functions in a chain and call it a day.
Everything that is initially niche, finds a good fit and becomes "mainstream" or even a bit popular, tends to be mushed into some other paradigm while getting there.