On 1/19/07, Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gerry, > I'm an old IT guy too... I was educated in computer science, learned > lisp, taught Snobol, apl, and Algol, among others... few languages > have excited me as much as javascript+jQuery!
You're right that jQuery is exciting. It would not have caught my eye otherwise. "Stuff" is not nearly as exciting as it used to be. Having gone through cancer and heart issues, one learns what is important. And I see jQuery as important. > I tend to read this list as as testament to John's work. Some ideas > are creative, some are utilitarian and others are less exciting. When > I read about people having trouble with IDs I cringe. I know that all > those IDs are not really needed. So much is 'relative',with beautiful > jQuery commands like each and children and prev and next, it's hard to > justify the use of IDs! Indeed, John's work deserves praise. I hope that I can further enhance it from my old-fashioned environment/perspective (Fortran, RPG II, Cobol, etc). Old ideas are never dumb ideas, they just show a different angle on the same problem. > Well, I just felt like venting... I guess it's the old teacher in me! Teachers vent? ;-) _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
