Think of prototypes as a funny markup language--the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine.
It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.
We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.
Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.
That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.