Why are .call and .apply slower than a direct function call in JavaScript?

Question

I\'m curious about these jsperf results. They appear to demonstrate that a direct function call is substantially faster than the same function called with .call

Answer 1

I guess the cause might depend on which interpreter your are running the code on, but it seems that normal functions calls are faster because the interpreter can use Inline Cache to access the properties.

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