> Even Perl looks on in horror of the sins JS has committed. LOL. What a great line. It's getting pretty ridiculous, I agree. I don't understand the need for

> Even Perl looks on in horror of the sins JS has committed. LOL. What a great line. It's getting pretty ridiculous, I agree. I don't understand the need for so many shorthands for one. All they do is make code illegible for the sake of saving a few keystrokes. Using the Symbol object that way is just ugly.