Most of DotAs code is pretty old and was mostly done in GUI or GUI-like Jass.
You can just fine do that stuff with GUI. The reason why we use Jass ( and vJass ) is that it makes stuff easier and code more efficient + all the other advantages.
I'm on a page about incorrect corrections, and spent the better part of like two hours trying to get someone to understand that -5^2 = -25, not 25, and then that post had comments get reposted because that group is self sustaining, and that person was in turn trying to explain what I just explained to them. And I'm taking that as a victory
I will be AFK for a couple of days you guys hold down the fort while I am gone. I will be checking in on my phone but that will severly limit me. Be back saturday!