Reading this, I was intending to say that Jeremy Ashkenas should be publicly lauded for efforts in driving JavaScript forward. Then I saw your username. Not to

Reading this, I was intending to say that Jeremy Ashkenas should be publicly lauded for efforts in driving JavaScript forward. Then I saw your username. Not to gush, but the profound difference Backbone, Underscore, and CoffeeScript have made to modern JavaScript development cannot be understated. Thanks for all your efforts. They were exciting times indeed.