I didn't use it, but I recall that some years ago, MS's JScript was considered by some to be quite useful -- until the divergences became an issue and/or MS wha

I didn't use it, but I recall that some years ago, MS's JScript was considered by some to be quite useful -- until the divergences became an issue and/or MS whacked it in favor of pushing VBScript or whatever. MS has a history with JS beyond just annoying people with IE.