title: Difference between Array.slice and Array().slice
body: <p>I am going through John Resig's excellent <a href="http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/#47" rel="noreferrer">Advanced javascript tutorial</a> and I do not thoroughly understand what's the difference between the following calls: (please note that 'arguments' is a builtin javascript word and is not exactly an array hence the hacking with the Array.slice instead of simply calling arguments.slice)</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; arguments  
  [3, 1, 2, 3]  
  &gt;&gt;&gt; Array.slice.call( arguments )  
  3,1,2,3 0=3 1=1 2=2 3=3  
  &gt;&gt;&gt; Array.slice.call( arguments, 1 )  
  []
  &gt;&gt;&gt; Array().slice.call( arguments )  
  3,1,2,3 0=3 1=1 2=2 3=3  
  &gt;&gt;&gt; Array().slice.call( arguments, 1 )  
  1,2,3 0=1 1=2 2=3  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Basically my misunderstanding boils down to the difference between Array.slice and Array().slice. What exactly is the difference between these two and why does not Array.slice.call behave as expected? (which is giving back all but the first element of the arguments list).</p>