Object and Function are quite confusing

Question

Object instanceof Object
true
Object instanceof Function
true
Function instanceof Object
true
Function instanceof Function
true

so if Function is a

Answer 1

Everything is an Object in JavaScript because JavaScript is an object-oriented language. Function is an instance of Object because everything is an instance of Object. Simple enough. However, objects that initialize other objects (constructors) are also Functions in JavaScript, so it would make sense for Object to also be a Function.

Think about this:

var obj = new Object();

Object in this case is used as a Function, is it not? So while, in theory, Object should be the lowest-level object in the language, JavaScript cannot function without Functions (pun!), so you need both to be at the same level. Object needs to be an instance of Function because it's a constructor and it needs to create more instances of itself.

function FooBar() {}

The FooBar class above is an instance of both Object and Function, because it's both. The same logic applies to the built-in Object and Function objects; they're instances of both.

Phew, confusing. Did that make any sense?