Trevor Parscal wrote:
I'm glad to see I'm not alone. JavaScript can indeed invoke bad memories of fragile scripts running in IE5 which are long and awkward due to limitations in browser technology at the time. However, anyone who has used a modern library like jQuery on a support browser will tell you it's very powerful and intuitive while being simple, straightforward and actually fun. Any language capable of supporting this experience is worth seriously considering as an option for us.
Of course, little in the jQuery library would be useful for making scripts that are executed server-side and output wikitext.