jQuery equivalent to Prototype Ajax.Request

Question

What would be the jQuery equivalent to the following Prototype AJAX Request?

function showSnapshotComments(snapshot) {
   new Ajax.Request('/photos/show_snapshot_comments/'+ snapshot.id,
                    {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true});
}

Answer 1

$.ajax({
  url: '/photos/show_snapshot_comments/'+ snapshot.id,
  async: true,
  dataType: 'script'
});