He pretty much hit that nail on the head
The past couple days I have been knee deep refactoring the Javascript libraries we use.
While looking for a solution to a problem I came across this slashdot post with some funny comments responding to a developer's claim of having developed a 25,000 line javascript application:
ignavius said:
"25,000 lines of Javascript ? What could you possibly be doing which requires that level of Javascript interaction ?????"
to which walt-sjc responded, and which made me laugh hysterically:
1000 lines of application code, and 24,000 lines of browser compatibility code.
Anyone who has spent anytime using javascript would know just how funny walt-sjc's comment actually is.