Very much agree. I fully understand the scoping of "this" but that doesn't stop me from hating life every time I have to write "var self=this;". In other lang

Very much agree. I fully understand the scoping of "this" but that doesn't stop me from hating life every time I have to write "var self=this;". In other languages I can put up with a reasonable amount of pain but "this" and dealing with loops in JS puts me over the edge.