If that is literally the only wrapper you need, sure go ahead. But most of the time, you find you need another wrapper, and then another, and the next thing yo

If that is literally the only wrapper you need, sure go ahead. But most of the time, you find you need another wrapper, and then another, and the next thing you know you have most of jQuery, just not as uniform or as well tested. I've seen this with database ORMs also.